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"Echo"Print Page 
The tomb erected over the grave at Isle of the Dead ,commemorates the crew of the ship Echo, which was wrecked in 1840. Three of the crew and some bones are buried in the grave.
The schooner Echo sailed from Hobart for Sydney on 27 August 1840 with a general cargo, but was totally wrecked between Wedge Bay and Cape Raoul on the Tasman Peninsula with the loss of all hands. Wreckage, including three bodies located at Three Bay Beach, was discovered on the 30th.
Location
| Address: | Arthur Highway, Port Arthur Historic Site, Isle of the Dead, Port Arthur, 7182 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -43.148986 Long: 147.867297 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Grave |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Maritime |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | August-1840 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | August-1840 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1840 |
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Sacred
To The Memory
of the crew of the schooner ECHO of Sydney
Wrecked on the west coast of
Tasman`s Peninsulah (sic).
Three of Bodies
Herein deposited
And somes bones of a youth
