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Thetis
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
centre and my two sisters on the other side. The ship was not lined. We came down to our bunks through a hole about two feet across. There was no ladder, but hanging down from the centre of the roof was ...
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Pet
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
in the boat said, ‘No, we shall be drawn down by the sinking vessel.’ I walked aft and got out on the ...
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Priscilla
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
Albany on 14 February. It arrived at 6.00 p.m. on 6 March, and was then stripped down and converted to ...
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Start
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
broken down and that he would have to make the remainder of the voyage under sail. Nothing has been seen ...
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Solglyt
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
vessel a total wreck. The following day a diver was sent down to locate the exact position of the damage. ...
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Cingalee
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
crew were sending down the masts, with the fore topgallant mast already on deck, the port anchor cable ...
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Cingalee
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
crew were sending down the masts, with the fore topgallant mast already on deck, the port anchor cable ...
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Runnymede
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
whaling barque Emily Downing (Captain McGregor) departed Hobart for Frenchman Bay to recover the material salvaged from the stranded Runnymede. After weathering a succession of gales the Emily Downing arrived at ...
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ALC-40 landing barge
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
a storm and sank in its current position 50m from shore in about 10m of water, immediately down stream ...
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Jessie Edwards
Wreck | Updated 29 Jan 2018
the Jessie Edwards. It was split down the centreline and the mast was broken off. INQUIRY In October ...
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