Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

WA3317ABC - Copper/brass

Wave

Bolts

Site Area Code South Coast

Number of Items 3

Material Copper/brass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3317

ID 17484

Status State

Map of shipwreck

Wave

Wave was built in Bermuda with one deck, a square stern, billet head, no galleries and was copper sheathed. It was owned by R. Brown and registered in London. At that time it was registered at Lloyd’s as a brig. In 1847 it was bought by William Younghusband and Co. of Adelaide, registered at that port (No. 9/1847), and is then referred to as a brigantine, so it is possible that the new owners...