Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM218 - Rope/leather/etc.

James Matthews

Leather pieces. MONITORED FOR SHRINKAGE BY KK.
218-Leather strip c. 68 mm wide; serrated oval cut-out at one end.
218.I - Broad, flattish piece w/ 3 x straight edges.
218.II - Fine, fragile, squarish piece.
All iron stained.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 3

Material Rope/leather/etc.

Museum Reference

Registration Number 218

ID 11198

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

James Matthews

The wreck was located in 1973 on
the north side of Woodman Point in
Cockburn Sound, by members of the
Underwater Explorers Club (UEC) who
were conducting an underwater line
search as part of their wreck research
programme.
Archival research revealed that
James Matthews was a snow-brig of 107
tons, registered at the Port of London.
The...