sea grass (originally thought to be a leather shoe sole)
Site Area Code South West
Site Location Koombana Bay Site 1
Number of Items 1
Material Rope/leather/etc.
Registration Number 34
ID 114180
Samuel Wright was built at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, in the USA, and was partly owned by J.B. Osgood, a merchant of Salem, who was also the manager of the vessel. It had two decks, a square stern, billet head and no galleries. Dickson (2007) states that the vessel’s depth was 13.7 ft, while Henderson (2007) gives this same measurement as its draught. The ship had previously visited the coast...