Concordia

The Concordia

Featured on the cover of “Précis of the wrecks in the ship’s graveyard, Rottnest. (Garratt and Green)”, Concordia has long been sought after.

Finishing its life as a coal hulk; Concordia like many other ships of the time, had an interesting history. Built in Germany in 1890 measuring 67.79m x 10.36m x 6.2 m (222.4 x 34 x 20.4 feet) she was a 2 deck iron barque.

Subsequently registered as Norwegian, in 1912 she was blown ashore on Depuch island in a cyclone, near Balla Balla on the Western Australian Pilbra coast. From there she was salvaged, taken to Fremantle, and sold for use as a Coal Hulk.

After many years as a coal hulk, she was towed to the Rottnest Scuttling Ground on 20th April 1948 and sunk.

Previously un-dived the wreck was surveyed and modelled by WreckSploration on 11/07/26

From Dr Ross Anderson (WA Museum):

Waterline length measured from 3D model 67.89m
Clipper bow, cut off bowsprit
2 decks, raised quarterdeck and raised foc’sle deck
Fore and main lower masts with semi-circular trestle trees
Four pole masts
Hulk modifications – cut-out deck beams, cut off bowsprit, additional four pole masts
Unidentified structure amidships—probably coal handling chute or machinery
Identical site length measurement (67.89m) and registered length (67.79m)
Has a raised quarterdeck and foc’sle deck both visible in scuttling image
Matching main mast and pole mast configuration, lower masts both have semi-circular trestle trees
Cannot be other 68m range length scuttled wrecks Loch Ness (which has a flush main deck and three lower masts in scuttling image), Thornliebank (Site 44) or Maranda (Site 06)
Site 11 is identified as Concordia.

Dived and modelled 11/07/2026

3D Model:

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