Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

SE11AB - CERAMICS

Sepia

A) 2 clay pipes, 1 stem and chain mail head bowl, i bowl with incised decoration at top. B) 1 ink bottle.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 3

Material CERAMICS

Museum Reference

Registration Number 11

ID 16479

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Sepia

Sepia, a three-masted barque, was built by Denton, Grey and Company of Hartlepool and was owned by Bethell, Gwyn and Company, London. The vessel, well known as a trader on the Fremantle run, left London on 14 September 1898. Aboard were twelve crew and a mixed cargo of 1 200 tons valued at between £1 200 and £1 400.

Travelling at ten knots on the evening of 29 December, the Sepia ran...