KMB174 - Ship's timber
Samuel Wright
Wood core samples and swarf samples
Site Area Code South West
Site Location Koombana Bay Site 1
Number of Items 7
Material Ship's timber
Museum Reference
Registration Number 74
ID 114223
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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...