JM98 - Tools
James Matthews
Marling spike and wood fragments.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 13
Material Tools
Museum Reference
Registration Number 98
ID 11070
Status Commonwealth
Marling spike and wood fragments.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 13
Material Tools
Registration Number 98
ID 11070
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...