JM613 - Rope/leather/etc.
James Matthews
Leather: Very fine. 1 x strap c. Lg 250 mm x wd 25 mm; 1 x Lg 250 mm x wd 50 mm; pieces w/ serrated cut-outs; and 1 w/ two button hole cut-outs ? for watch or shoe latchet.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Rope/leather/etc.
Museum Reference
Registration Number 613
ID 11499
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...
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