Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

SE774 - Glass

Sepia

Vessel sherds: ornamental yellow/green glass.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 3

Material Glass

Museum Reference

Registration Number 774

ID 16494

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

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...