Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM484 - Glass

James Matthews

Bottle base fragment x1. Citrus cordial bottle x1 (contamination?). Beer bottles x3 (contamination?) (various age’s).

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 5

Material Glass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 484

ID 11481

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

James Matthews

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...