Sea Bird (ship)

In 1750 or 1760 the ship grounded herself at Easton's Beach, Rhode Island.

Her longboat was missing, and she had been returning from a voyage to Honduras and was expected in Newport that day.

The ship was apparently abandoned in sight of land (coffee was boiling on the galley stove) and drifted off course.

[1][2][3] The vessel was eventually sold to a merchant of Newport, who changed her name to the "Beach Bird", in which name she made many voyages.

[2] A fictional account of how she became derelict appeared in the Wilmington, Delaware, Sunday Morning Star for October 11, 1885.