Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM88 - Patterned Earthenware

James Matthews

Dish: square shaped w/ square foot ring. Blue and white transferware w/ standard willow pattern. Incomplete.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 1

Material Patterned Earthenware

Museum Reference

Registration Number 88

ID 11060

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...