Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CM118 - Fittings

Cumberland

Pulley block: single. Very eroded.

Site Area Code South West

Number of Items 4

Material Fittings

Museum Reference

Registration Number 118

ID 7298

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Cumberland

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...