Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

SE5773 - Animal

Sepia

Animal artefact recovered from Sepia

6 x bones, possibly sheep vertebrae

Site Area Code Local

Site Location Sepia

Number of Items 6

Material Animal

Museum Reference

Registration Number 5773

ID 112364

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...