Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

SEB3304 - Copper/brass

Sea Bird

Ring, brass. Sea Bird unid.

Number of Items 1

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3304

ID 17440

Sea Bird

Sea Bird, described as a ‘little tub of a vessel’ by Jefferson Pickman Stow, was a two-masted schooner with one deck and a sharp stern. The first owner was Henry Yelverton of Vasse. In 1865 it took five of the crew of the small boat Forlorn Hope from Geraldton to Fremantle after their epic voyage from the Northern Territory. Captain Joseph Cooper was the master of the Sea Bird at that time....