Brad Willsea says that this anchor at the Fremantle shipwreck museum is from the 1852 wreck of the Eglinton: -
The Eglinton’s anchor
(Taken by Brad Willsea)
Brad points out that the anchor has a restored stock. According to the Shipwreck Databases for the Western Australian Museum, “The wreck of the 462-ton barque Eglinton (occurred) off the coast of Wanneroo, some 50 km north of Perth, on 3 September 1852 …… The Eglinton was built in 1848 at Quebec, Canada, by Scottish shipbuilder John Munn (Jnr).”
The Eglinton’s anchor
(Taken by Brad Willsea)
Brad says, “She was carrying a cargo of general goods for the fledgling colony at Fremantle when she struck the reef about 1 mile offshore. 1 female passenger drowned when the ship’s boat capsized on the beach.”
The ship’s cargo is said to have included “65,000 gold sovereigns”. Brad says, “The gold was recovered by a diver about two weeks after the wreck and he was quite well compensated (for an ex-convict).”
Plaque for the Eglinton
(Screenshot from some GoPro footage taken by Brad Willsea)
Brad says, “Not much left nowadays to the exposed location of the site, ballast mostly, both gravel and bricks and broken bottles.”
Close-up of the plaque
(Taken by Brad Willsea)
(My thanks go to Brad Willsea for his photos & assistance with the above details.)
More anchors at the Fremantle shipwreck museum
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