CM8 - Stoneware
Cumberland
Jar: marked ‘Belper & Denby Pottery Derbyshire Vitreous stone bottles + Co. J.Bourne Patentee, Warranted Not To Absorb’.
Site Area Code South West
Site Location Wreck site - See Inspection plan 1983
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 8
ID 7186
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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