Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

DH22 - CERAMICS

Denton Holme

CERAMICS artefact recovered from Denton Holme

Plate fragments x 4,1 glazed pottery handle, 1 wrought iron fragment. Collected by R.W.George 1965. Old number Mis 59

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 6

Material CERAMICS

Museum Reference

Registration Number 22

ID 7503

Status Commonwealth

Map of shipwreck

Denton Holme

Belfast buit. Carrying 1275 tons of iron pipes for Perth waterworks, cement and 250-300 tons general cargo. Value £20 000. Arrived at the island in the evening, requested a pilot, but before receiving one got in too close. Stuck fast it began disintegrating in the swells and broke in two