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''Geffrard'' was a 321ton British brig〔 that traded between Australia, Mauritius, and Shanghai, and that was wrecked off the coast of Western Australia on 13 June 1875.〔 She was built in 1853 by Fred Clark in Jersey in the Channel Islands.〔 By 1873 she had made her way to Melbourne and was owned by Fred Davis〔 and under the control of Captain William James Munday. Her movements after that were generally around the southern coasts of Australia, from Geraldton in the west to Sydney in the east, laden with a variety of general cargo.〔In October 1873, the ''Geffrard'' was delayed in leaving Sydney, bound for Adelaide, for more than a week: 〕 On 21 May 1875 she was loading timber at Quindalup, bound for Adelaide. This voyage was completed without event, and she returned to Fremantle; but three weeks later, bound on the same journey, mooring in the same place led to disaster. == Grounding and wrecking == On July 12, the ''Geffrard'' took on board a load of timber,〔 and after stowing this cargo Captain Munday went ashore (at about 6PM) to conclude business with Yelverton.〔 He had put down a single large anchor, as was usual for a brig of that type, and was confident that this would hold through the coming storm.〔 However, due to a faulty weld in the chain, the chain parted and the ship went aground on a sand bank. By the morning, she was breaking up and nothing could be done to save her.〔 Munday was charged with negligence, but exonerated by an inquiry conducted by the Collector of Customs at Bussleton.〔 The salvaged materials from the wreck were auctioned by the Manning company in Fremantle, six months after the grounding. All fittings were bought by Henry Yelverton, who installed the ship's bell outside his office at Quindalup beach. Munday died in November of the same year, in Melbourne and after a prolonged illness. A memorial to him and his wife still stands in the Busselton Pioneer Cemetery, not far from Yelverton's. The place in which she went aground was, in the late 1940s, still known as the 'Geffrard Bank'.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Geffrard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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