SEB4069 - Copper/brass
Sea Bird
Bolt: copper with 1 washer and 1 nut.
Site Area Code Local
Site Location Fron wreck immediately south of Seabird
Number of Items 3
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4069
ID 25445
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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....