SE2415 - Clay pipes
Sepia
Clay pipes bowl and stem fragments. 1 marked 'LONDON' remainder marked 'BEN NEVIS'.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 40
Material Clay pipes
Museum Reference
Registration Number 2415
ID 16524
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...