FAI3608 - Copper/brass
Fairy
Planking nail, copper alloy.
Site Area Code South Coast
Number of Items 1
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3608
ID 8503
Status State
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Fairy
Fairy is a vessel about which there is much confusion. Because it was never registered, this confusion is likely to continue. It was built either by Captain Thomas Symers (Garden, 1977: 101 and Dickson, 1999: 266) or for Captain Symers (Henderson 2007: 301 and Marshall, 2001: 155). What is not in dispute is the location of building on the banks of the Kalgan River, about a mile upstream from...