Sheathing nails: some with copper sheet attached and some lead. Possibly part of water-line marks. UNTREATED
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 25
Material Copper/brass
Registration Number 28
ID 10988
Status Commonwealth
The wreck was located in 1973 on
the north side of Woodman Point in
Cockburn Sound, by members of the
Underwater Explorers Club (UEC) who
were conducting an underwater line
search as part of their wreck research
programme.
Archival research revealed that
James Matthews was a snow-brig of 107
tons, registered at the Port of London.
The...