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).