Plank w/ fastening holes & remains copper sheathing tacks
Site Area Code Local
Site Location Wreck immediately S. of Seabird, seaward of Shack 96.
Number of Items 1
Material Ship's timber
Registration Number 4067
ID 24753
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....