Centaur (1849 ship) explained

Centaur was a 188-ton iron brig built in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1849.[1]

Centaur sank after striking the southern section of Marmion Reef on 9 December 1874 while travelling from Champion Bay to Fremantle.[2] All nine crew and four passengers, including noted politician and lawyer Septimus Burt, survived. The 30m (100feet) brig was carrying a cargo of of galena when she struck the reef, about offshore.

The reef is now named Centaur Reef, and is part of Marmion Marine Park north of Perth, Western Australia.[3]

External links

-31.8638°N 115.7111°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Centaur wreck. Shipwreck Database – Western Australian Museum. 14 May 2012.
  2. News: Local and General. . . Perth . 11 December 1874 . 14 May 2012 . 3 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: Marmion Marine Park. Park Finder – Department of Environment and Conservation. 14 May 2012. 4 April 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120404204225/http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_hotproperty/task,view/id,11/Itemid,755. dead.

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