''Centaur'' (1849 ship)

Centaur memorial at North Beach

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 30-metre-long (100-foot-long) brig was carrying a cargo of 200 long tons (220.5 short tons; 203 tonnes/metric tons) of galena when she struck the reef, about 3.7 km (2 nautical miles; 2.3 statute miles) offshore.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Centaur wreck". Shipwreck Database – Western Australian Museum. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  2. ↑ "Local and General.". The Western Australian Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 11 December 1874. p. 3. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  3. ↑ "Marmion Marine Park". Park Finder – Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 14 May 2012.

Coordinates: 31°51′50″S 115°42′40″E / 31.86376°S 115.711118°E / -31.86376; 115.711118

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