Wave (brig)
{{Short description|1838 ship wrecked near Albany, Western Australia}}
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Wave was a brig that was wrecked in 1848 at Cheynes Beach near Cape Riche, Western Australia.
Description and use
Built in 1838{{cite web|url=http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/Southern%20Coast.pdf|title=Shipwrecks of the southern coast|accessdate=5 January 2016|publisher=Western Australian Museum}} in Victoria, Bermuda, the vessel was constructed from wood and copper sheathed. It had a square stern, single deck, no galleries and a billet head. The vessel was acquired by R. Brown in 1847 and was registered in London. It was then acquired in 1848 by William Younghusband and Company of Adelaide and registered there.{{cite web|url=http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-archaeology-db/wrecks/wave|title=Wave (1848/07/05) Cheynes Beach, Cape Riche|accessdate=5 January 2016|work=Shipwreck database|publisher=Western Australian Museum}}
1848 wreck
The vessel was in command of James C. Coke{{cite web|url=http://www.blaxland.com/ozships/events/8/777.htm#75622|title=Shipwreck: Wave 103 tons|year=2008|author=Peter Larson|publisher=Ozships}} and was transporting cargo from Adelaide to Shanghai via Albany and Singapore. The brig left Adelaide on 5 June 1848 loaded mostly with flour and was en route to Albany to load a shipment of sandalwood.
On 5 July 1848,{{Cite news |url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12913572 |title=Ships' Mails |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |location=Sydney |date=21 August 1848 |page=2 }} the vessel was anchored at Cheyne Bay near Cape Riche when it was blown ashore by a heavy gale. Champion and {{ship||Arpenteur}} were dispatched from King George Sound{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3170022 |title="Wreck of the Schooner "Wave.". |newspaper=The Perth Gazette and Independent Journal of Politics and News |location=WA |date=22 July 1848 |accessdate=5 January 2016 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}} to assist. Champion managed to pull Wave offshore but Wave was leaking badly and foundered then sunk.
Salvage
Champion then salvaged some of the cargo and then transported the crew, minus the captain, back to Albany. Captain Coke sailed to Adelaide aboard {{HMS|Acheron|1838|6}}, commanded by Captain John Lort Stokes.
The owners of Arpenteur acquired the wreck of Wave and that cargo not already salvaged for £330. Arpenteur sailed for Fremantle with 27 tons of flour, 1,000 bushels of wheat, the rigging and sails that the crew had salvaged from Wave.
See also
- {{section link|List of shipwrecks of Australia|Western Australia}}
References
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Category:City of Albany, Western Australia
Category:Maritime incidents in July 1848