page_title: Centaur (1849 ship)
hierarchical_section_title: Centaur (1849 ship)
caption_attribution_description: Public art - Centaur Memorial, North Beach Perth
context_page_description: Centaur was a 188-ton iron brig built in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1849.
  Centaur sank after striking the southern section of Marmion Reef on 9 December 1874 while travelling from Champion Bay to Fremantle. All nine crew and four passengers, including noted politician and lawyer Septimus Burt, survived. The 30-metre brig was carrying a cargo of 200 long tons of galena when she struck the reef, about 3.7 kilometres offshore.
  The reef is now named Centaur Reef, and is part of Marmion Marine Park north of Perth, Western Australia.
context_section_description: Centaur was a 188-ton iron brig built in Aberdeen, Scotland, in 1849.
  Centaur sank after striking the southern section of Marmion Reef on 9 December 1874 while travelling from Champion Bay to Fremantle. All nine crew and four passengers, including noted politician and lawyer Septimus Burt, survived. The 30-metre (98 ft) brig was carrying a cargo of 200 long tons (200 t) of galena when she struck the reef, about 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) offshore.
  The reef is now named Centaur Reef, and is part of Marmion Marine Park north of Perth, Western Australia.
caption: Centaur memorial at North Beach
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