Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM575 - Stoneware

James Matthews

Ink pot base: buff w/ light buff body. Clear inner glaze.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 1

Material Stoneware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 575

ID 10933

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...