Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CM10A - Patterned Earthenware

Cumberland

Oval dish, part of base. Spode’s Indian Sporting Series ‘Shooting at the Edge of the Jungle’. Printed mark: …THE EDGE …LE. Shows a dog chasing a hare.

Site Area Code South West

Site Location Wreck site - see 1983 Inspection plan

Number of Items 1

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 10

ID 7188

Status Commonwealth

The ship Cumberland was built of teak, iron fastened with iron knees, and had been sheathed with copper. It had two decks, and carried a proofed chain anchor cable as well as two coir rope cables. The vessel’s loaded draught was 17 ft (5.18 m). It was owned by Steel, Lamden and Company, and, under the command of Anthony Steel, had delivered a cargo of 16??000 bushels of wheat from Bombay to...

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CM10A - Patterned Earthenware

Cumberland

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Cumberland