SEB4068 - Ship's timber
Sea Bird
Plank, wood, w/ 3 lead scuppers, w/ wood plugs
Site Area Code Local
Site Location Wreck immediately S. of Sea Bird, seaward of Shack 96.
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4068
ID 24754
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....
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