Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

KMB145 - Ship's fittings

Samuel Wright

Ship's fittings artefact recovered from Samuel Wright

Timber and concretion fragment (fastener (?))

Site Area Code South West

Site Location Koombana Bay Site 1

Number of Items 1

Material Ship's fittings

Museum Reference

Registration Number 45

ID 114192

Map of shipwreck

Samuel Wright

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...