SEA BIRD 1865-1874
Description
2-masted Schooner
Construction
Timber
Size
40 tons length 18.1m beam 15.1m draft 1.9m
Built
1865 by unknown at Vasse
Owner
Charles Crowther of Geraldton Master: Charles Hanman
Sunk
1874/06/16
Location
Moore River
Latitude/Longitude
(-31.276778, 115.438924)
Sinking
En route from Fremantle to Geraldton, departed Fremantle on 11 June 1874 with a general cargo an 10 passengers, the majority being ticket-of-leave men.
Underwater
A wreck has been found in the shallows at the town of Seabird, very likely that of either Sea Bird or Sea Flower, (probably the former) These vessels lie very close to each other.