Thornliebank

Thornliebank was a 1,492-ton barque that caught fire in Gage Roads on 4 January 1891,^[1] having brought a cargo of rails from England.^[2] She was rebuilt and in 1913 or '14^[3] used as a coal hulk, ultimately being scuttled off the west side of Rottnest on 18 April 1928.

References

↑ Thornliebank - history of the vessel which caught fire in Gage Roads on 4 January 1891 and was eventually scuttled off Rottnest Island in 1928, Index Entries, 1995.
↑ Freotopia, Timeline, 1891.
↑ Cairns, Lynne & Henderson, Graeme. Unfinished voyages: Western Australian shipwrecks, 1881-1900, p.176-180.

External links

Western Australian Museum, Shipwreck Databases, Thornliebank (1928/04/18).

[1] Thornliebank - history of the vessel which caught fire in Gage Roads on 4 January 1891 and was eventually scuttled off Rottnest Island in 1928, Index Entries, 1995.

[2] Freotopia, Timeline, 1891.

[3] Cairns, Lynne & Henderson, Graeme. Unfinished voyages: Western Australian shipwrecks, 1881-1900, p.176-180.

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