Year
1880
Description
The 325 ton Dutch barque ‘Batoe Bassi’ on a voyage from Java to Melbourne with a cargo of sugar and coconuts, , developed a serious leak and the Captain ran her ashore on Inshore Island about 100km east of Esperance on 30th May, to save those on board. The schooner ‘Agnes’ was chartered to salvage the cargo but by the time she arrived the ‘Batoe Bassi’ had sunk in about 13 feet (4m) of water on 8th June. All 24 crew (including 3 of the crew’s wives) were saved but two later died ashore. Thomas Sherratt of Albany purchased the salvage rights to the wreck for £8 and he dispatched his schooner ‘WaIter and Mary’ to recover what remained of the wreck.
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