 Completed in March 1728 and affectionately named "Sloepie" ("little sloop"), it was the first ocean-going vessel built in Australian history.On 26 March 1728, the surviving men set sail for Batavia, arriving in Sunda Strait late the following month.During Admiralty surveys of the north west coast in 1840, crew from discovered a brass gun of about three pounds calibre, an iron swivel on which paint still adhered as well as numerous other artefacts signifying European occupation, on the largest island in the Pelsart Group.