Year
1824
Description
Belinda, A coastal brig, built in 1819 at Yarmouth, was in the Recherche Archipelago coming from Sydney to undertake sealing to supply the lucrative trade in NSW, with a crew of 26. She was wrecked at Middle Island (Goose Island Bay) in the Recherche Archipelago on 18th July. The crew got ashore safely, and on 8th December were picked up by the brig Nereus, also sealing along the south coast, and taken to Sydney.
The wreck was discovered in 1989 by the Western Australian Maritime Museum , lying at the eastern end of the sandy beach on the north side of Middle Island, 30m from the shore
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