JS1547c - Textile
James Service
Cloth fragments w/ concretion.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 8
Material Textile
Museum Reference
Registration Number 1547
ID 24857
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
James Service
James Service was built at Glasgow in Scotland by Dobie and Co. and launched in October 1869. It had a clinker plated hull, two decks, a round stern, one bulkhead and a demi figurehead of a man. It had a raised quarterdeck 4.3 m long, and a forecastle 5.8 m in length and had been cemented. The owners were Archibald Currie & Co. of Melbourne, who used it in trading between Melbourne and...