Wreck Site - Annie M Young

Statement of Significance

SHIPWRECK
'Annie M Young' is one of a number of shipwrecks in Koombana Bay from the colonial period that tell the story of the trials and dangers of early trade and transport in and out of the port of Bunbury. 'Annie M Young' plied the Western Australian coast, moving goods between ports.

Physical Description

Unknown

History

'Annie M Young', No 48084, was a two masted wooden brig weighing 345 tons (also recorded as 303 tons). She was 33 metres in length. According to Lloyd’s Register, the frame was iron, the rudder of oak, the keel of birch and maple, the bottom planking of birch and spruce, the floors of birch, beech and tamarack, and the treenails of beech and tamarack. 'Annie M Young' was equipped with two Trotman’s design bower anchors, two stream anchors and two Trotman’s kedges.

'Annie M Young' was built for Young and Baker at Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, in 1863. By the early 1870s, she was in service in the Western Australian coastal shipping trade.

On 2 November 1876, 'Annie M Young' was moored at Bunbury with a load of jarrah on board, ready to proceed to the Vasse for more cargo. The cables parted during a gale and the vessel was driven ashore on North Beach the next day. The ship was driven ashore, stern on, and soon bedded into the sand with less than a metre of water at the bow. The bow was full of water to the outside level.

The cutter ‘May’ was blown ashore nearby but did not receive any serious damage.

Annie M Young was insured and on 4 November, the timber piles were discharged. Anecdotal evidence says Sam Ward and his bullock team pulled most of the piles and sawn timber out of the wreck and many people local were able to augment their fire wood supply.

Archaeology

Shipwreck

Integrity/Authenticity

No visible remains.

Condition

Unknown

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