Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

KMB1159 - Bricks

Samuel Wright

Bricks artefact recovered from Samuel Wright

brick

Site Area Code South West

Site Location Koombana Bay Site 1

Number of Items 1

Material Bricks

Museum Reference

Registration Number 159

ID 114308

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...