SE2412 - Earthenware
Sepia
Glass bottle, green, ‘champagne’ style, beer w/ cork inside.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Earthenware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2412
ID 16523
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
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...