Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM141 - Clay pipes

James Matthews

Pipe bowls: w/ short stems. Marked JI on spur. Moulded bowl with 5 ribs/ 4 lines each side

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 62

Material Clay pipes

Museum Reference

Registration Number 141

ID 11113

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...