Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

CM73 - Bronze

Cumberland

Gripe Iron (or Fishplate). Part only.

Site Area Code South West

Site Location W 20 / N 20

Number of Items 1

Material Bronze

Museum Reference

Registration Number 73

ID 7253

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...