Shipwreck Databases Western Australian Museum

JM15 - Ballast stone

James Matthews

Ballast stone: includes quartz pebbles, quartzite, muddy limestone sandstone. Fine grained and volcanic agglomerates.

Site Area Code Local

Number of Items 7

Material Ballast stone

Museum Reference

Registration Number 15

ID 10974

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...