SE4505 - Stoneware
Sepia
Ceramic container base with inscription “Lovatt & Lovatt, Notts, Lainley Mill”
Site Area Code Local
Number of Items 1
Material Stoneware
Museum Reference
Registration Number 4505
ID 53603
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...