Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM504A - Cargo

James Matthews

Cargo artefact recovered from James Matthews

Cooking pot: reconstructed from iron fragments. Underneath pot base: “T. CLARK” , “N.O...”

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 1

Material Cargo

Museum Reference

Registration Number 504

ID 112458

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...