Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JS3805 - Miscellaneous

James Service

Box: wooden w/ drawer.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 1

Material Miscellaneous

Museum Reference

Registration Number 3805

ID 11655

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

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...