CM47 - Stoneware
Cumberland
Drip stone water purifier.
Site Area Code South West
Site Location E 9 m / S 0.5 m
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 47
ID 7226
Status Commonwealth
Shipwreck Databases
Western Australian Museum
Cumberland
The ship Cumberland was built of teak, iron fastened with iron knees, and had been sheathed with copper. It had two decks, and carried a proofed chain anchor cable as well as two coir rope cables. The vessel’s loaded draught was 17 ft (5.18 m). It was owned by Steel, Lamden and Company, and, under the command of Anthony Steel, had delivered a cargo of 16??000 bushels of wheat from Bombay to...