SE3252 - Copper/brass
Sepia
3 hinges, 1 w/ lock plate: inscribed ‘J Bates-Patent-5391’ and lock plate inscribed ‘J.Bates’.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 5
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3252
ID 16521
Status Commonwealth
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...
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