SE3890 - Copper/brass
Sepia
Sextant arm: brass.
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Copper/brass
Museum Reference
Registration Number 3890
ID 16515
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...