UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT

Unique ID: MAS-D100146

Object type certainty: Probably
Workflow status: Published

Notes:

All of these items were recovered from the wreck of SS Pomerania, a German ocean liner steamer built in 1873 by J. Caird & Co., in Greenock. This vessel was one of many owned by the Hamburg Amerikanische Packetfahrt Actien Gesellschaft (HAPAG); a transatlantic shipping enterprise established in Hamburg in 1847 that transported hundreds of thousands of emigrants from Germany, Scandinavia, and eastern Europe to the United States, Canada, Latin America, and other destinations around the world. The ship sank in 1878, 5 miles SE of Folkestone whilst carrying 109 passengers and 111 crew en route from New York to Cherbourg and Hamburg, last from Plymouth, following a collision with Welsh barque Moel Eilian and resulting in the loss of 55 lives. NRHE and Kent HER reference numbers cited in this record refer to the wreck of SS Pomerania.

This item was found with a spoon/fork handle (MAS-D100174), fragments of a clock (MAS-D100173) and crockery fragments (MAS-D100138).

Class: Decorative Piece

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: With finder

Wreck details

Droit number: 320/17

Chronology

Broad period: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Subperiod from: Middle
Period from: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Subperiod to: Late
Period to: NINETEENTH CENTURY
Date to: Exactly AD 1878

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Monday 26th March 2018

Personal details

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Recorded by: P T

Other reference numbers

NRHE monument number: 883110
Other reference: Kent HER Number: TR 33 SW 26
Droit ID: 320/17

Materials and construction

Primary material: Lead
Completeness: Uncertain