SE3887 - Stoneware
Sepia
Crucible: 'Batten Round'. F-Morgan, England.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3887
ID 16514
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...