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Renmark
Goolwa Wharf
Renmark was a built in 1912 and lost on 02/02/1951. Partially burnt by fire and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCorio
Admella Rock, 2.5 miles from Cape Bank, South East Coast of South Australia.
Corio was a built in 25/03/1919 and lost on 26/02/1951. During a voyage from Rapid Bay to Port Kembla with a cargo of limestone, the freighter Corio ran aground on a rock close to Admella's
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMay
Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
May was a cutter built in and lost on 10/03/1951. At 8:30pm May ran onto rocks under the Cape Willoughby lighthouse. The vessel was badly holed and was beached.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksUndaunted
Green Point, 10 miles from Port Macdonnell
Undaunted was a built in 06/03/1908 and lost on 30/03/1951. Dragged moorings, wrecked on reef.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksJohn Robb
Off Wonga Shoal Light Beacon (Grg) St. Vincents Gulf (P)
John Robb was a ketch built in 1879 and lost on 24/04/1954. Collision with the 134-ton tug Falcon. The tug was towing a barge filled with 700 tons of rock from Klein's Point to Birkenhead (P
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksTally
Near the Town Jetty, Port Lincoln
Tally was a built in and lost on 29/06/1954. Fuel fumes exploded. Burnt to the waterline and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSaurian
NW of Port Noarlunga Jetty, Gulf Of St. Vincent. 5 kms west of Port Stanvac Oil Refinery
Saurian was a built in 12/02/1881 and lost on 24/11/1954. Scrapped and scuttled.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAjax
Blanche Port, Streaky Bay. Gone ashore behind David Hylands & Sons fish processing factory
Ajax was a cutter built in 1930 and lost on 11/06/1956. The vessel parted from its moorings on the east side of the Streaky Bay jetty in Blanche Port during a gale, and drove ashore behind D
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlba
Remains reported in North Arm, Port Adelaide. Possibly Jervois Basin Ships Graveyard (Log Pool).
Alba was a built in 04/06/1867 and lost on 11/1956. Eventually sold for scrap and broken up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMars
Weir Cove, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Mars was a cutter built in 1891 and lost on 20/07/1957. On 16 July 1957 the Mars, skippered by Jerry Jelinek and with two crew, sailed from Port Adelaide to Kangaroo Island on a shark-fishin
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMagic
Cape Cassini, 20 miles from the beach
Magic was a cutter built in 1874 and lost on 03/04/1958. Vessel ran aground when the helm was unattended while fixing the engine.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksYandra
South Neptune Island
Yandra was a none built in 1928 and lost on 24/01/1959. Yandra ran aground during dense fog on the northern island in the South Neptune Island group at the mouth of Spencer Gulf at about 10
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlert
Ethelton 'Log Pool', near Railway Bridge, Old Port Reach, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Alert was a ketch built in 06/05/1873 and lost on 10/02/1960. The vessel lay derelict near the Jervois Bridge. On 10 February 1960, Alert was moved to the logpool at Ethelton, beached and ev
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksWangaree
Eagle's Nest, between Hall Bay & Sheringa
Wangaree was a cutter built in 1933 and lost on 29/06/1959. Crew were picking up cray pots at Halls Bay, when the propeller was fouled by cray line, stalling the engine. The vessel drifted t
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksUnknown
Fowlers Bay, 200 m out from goods shed
Unknown was a cutter built in and lost on 21/04/1960. A letter from the Harbourmaster at Fowlers Bay to the Harbourmaster at Port Adelaide, dated 21 April 1960, stated that a cutter founde
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMarco Polo
Unknown: somewhere off Robe, South Australia
Marco Polo was a sloop built in 1940 and lost on 05/11/1960. Vessel left Robe on Friday 4 November 1960 and disappeared. Vessel was possibly run down by a steamer.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLincoln Star
Near Rocky Island, 60 nm W of Cape Catastrophe
Lincoln Star was a built in 1/1961 and lost on 27/02/1961. Lincoln Star was heading out to open sea west of Cape Catastrophe on Saturday morning 25 February 1961, however it reported by rad
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMarleesh
Robe, South Australia
Marleesh was a cutter built in 1947 and lost on 15/05/1961. The vessel was moored in front of the Robe slipway, but broke its moorings and washed ashore on the beach in front of the Robe Hot
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFlorence
Drummond Point, south end of Hall Bay, north of Coffin Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
Florence was a cutter built in and lost on 16/07/1961. The shark fishing vessel Florence left Morgan’s Landing inside Point Sir Isaac, Coffin Bay, on the evening of Saturday 15 July 1961 h
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPlank Point
Beached opposite Baltic Wharf, River Bank, Port Pirie
Plank Point was a ketch built in 1915 and lost on 1962. Abandoned and broken up. Covered with silt dredged from the harbour during an era of port development and harbour deepening.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSmada
The Cabbage Patch, 40 miles SW of Port Lincoln
Smada was a none built in 1958 and lost on 07/02/1963. Smada had been tuna fishing at The Cabbage Patch, about 40 miles southwest of Port Lincoln, when it reported by radio to Port Lincoln a
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksDorothy H. Sterling
North Arm, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Dorothy H. Sterling was a schooner built in 1920 and lost on 06/06/1932. In an effort to recoup mounting harbour dues, the Harbors Board decided to auction the schooner, but there was no bid
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSpitfire
Glenelg Jetty
Spitfire was a built in and lost on 26/03/1932. Wrecked against Glenelg Jetty in a storm.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlbemarle
Millewa Creek entrance.
Albemarle was a built in 1884 and lost on 1932. Sunk at moorings and abandoned upstream from Lock 5. Possibly wrecked at Renmark? Abandoned 54 miles upstream from Lock 5 in 1931.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLottie
One and a half miles south of Outer Harbor
Lottie was a ketch built in 1880 and lost on 1932. Vessel driven ashore south of Outer Harbor. Reportedly broken up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMinnie Sims
Cape Willoughby, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Minnie Sims was a cutter built in 1899 and lost on 26/08/1933. Vessel had been cruising along the south coast fishing for crayfish and on the evening of 25 August 1933, it anchored about 70
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFides
Jervois Basin, Port River, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Fides was a schooner built in 1918 and lost on 18/01/1934. Seized for non-payment of harbour dues and eventually broken up for timber and remains abandoned.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPam
10 - 11 miles SW of Cape Hart, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Pam was a none built in 1864 and lost on 20/03/1934. In 1934 the hulk was given to the Australian Navy to be used by HMAS Canberra and HMAS Australia as a target for gunnery practice. It was
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGarthneill
Garden Island Ships Graveyard, North Arm, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
Garthneill was a barque built in 28/05/1895 and lost on 29/11/1935. Vessel was partially broken up, then abandoned at the North Arm.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPercy
Snowden Beach, Port River
Percy was a ketch built in 05/10/1876 and lost on 24/03/1936. Beached and broken up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKingfisher
Daly Head Reef, Spencer Gulf, 10 miles from Corny Point, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Kingfisher was a cutter built in and lost on 26/10/1936. Kingfisher anchored just outside Daly Head Reef on Sunday 25 October 1936. At about 6.45 am the following morning the vessel, along
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSylvia
Port Lincoln, Boston Bay, 1 mile offshore
Sylvia was a cutter built in and lost on 29/08/1937. Collision with Iron Monarch, sank in 90 ft of water.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLady Flinders
Front Beach, east side of Flinders Island
Lady Flinders was a ketch built in 1937 and lost on 25/09/1937. During a storm on 25 September 1937, Lady Flinders broke away from its moorings at the ‘Front Beach’ on the east side of Flind
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlbatross
Wedge Island, north-west end/side. South-east of Port Lincoln, Spencer Gulf, South Australia. Close inshore and directly off the shed on the island.
Albatross was a cutter built in 1929 and lost on 20/10/1937. The cutter drifted onto the reef and broke up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksStormy Petrel
Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island
Stormy Petrel was a yawl built in 1907 and lost on 21/12/1937. Poor visibility and a misunderstood command led to the vessel running aground.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksTrafalgar
Port River, near the Railway Bridge, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Trafalgar was a built in 10/04/1877 and lost on 7/1954. In 1947, Trafalgar was purchased by Reginald Milford Crouch for conversion to a ketch. The barge was towed to Port Adelaide, but weak
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksStella
Cape De Couedic, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Stella was a cutter built in 1883 and lost on 08/05/1938. Crayfishing, pooped, engine swamped, beached Cape De Couedic.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGlenelg
Rapid Bay
Glenelg was a built in and lost on 06/06/1938. Swamped at moorings by king wave in Rapid Bay.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksElizabeth Anne
Near Hart Street, Semaphore South, South Australia
Elizabeth Anne was a cutter built in and lost on 24/04/1939. Crew were fishing on 23 April 1939 when a squall struck and the main sail blew out. The vessel continued towards Glenelg under
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksRobbie Burns
Corny Point, Spencer Gulf
Robbie Burns was a built in 1904 and lost on 17/08/1939. The barge had been used in the construction of Baltic Wharf at Port Pirie during the late 1930s. During a voyage under tow by the pi
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksElsie
Normanville Jetty, half mile on Adelaide side
Elsie was a cutter built in and lost on 06/10/1939. Vessel went ashore during a storm, at about 8.30 pm, on a narrow strip of sand about 1/2 mile north of the Normanville jetty. The cutter
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksWilliam R. Randell
1 Km Below Lock 2 Travelling Down Stream, River Murray.
William R. Randell was a built in 18/11/1870 and lost on 7/1939. Sank In The 1939 Flood
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksJupiter
Mutton Cove, Le Fevre Peninsula, South Australia.
Jupiter was a built in 1866 and lost on 1940. The vessel was broken up in 1940, before being abandoned at Mutton Cove circa 1945.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLancashire Lass
Bryants Creek, near Morgan
Lancashire Lass was a built in 6/1878 and lost on 1926. Broken up 1920. Purchased in 1926 by C.H.F. (Hermann) Fettke of Box Gum Station, Morgan, for 10 pounds to use the planks as building
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksWinnie
West Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Winnie was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 07/01/1942. Winnie was sheltering from a strong north wind with sand and dust obscuring the land. Winnie was in poor condition and with a heavy
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFree Selector
Port Adelaide, Outer Harbor
Free Selector was a ketch built in 1875 and lost on 05/09/1942. Wrecked on the Breakwater at Outer Harbour. Vessel was patched and towed but it was decided that it was beyond repair, so the
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKapara
Byrant's Bay, Flinders Island, South Australia
Kapara was a schooner built in 24/01/1914 and lost on 13/11/1942. The S.S. Kapara left Port Adelaide on 11 November 1942, under the command of Captain C.H. Eickhoff, heading to Fowlers Bay a
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksStormbird
Cape Forbin, Kangaroo Beach, 1 mile west of Snug Cove, Kangaroo Island
Stormbird was a cutter built in 1924 and lost on 05/03/1943. Hit rocks while crayfishing
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksNative
Goalen Rocks, south of Ceduna, SA
Native was a ketch built in 1900 and lost on 04/09/1943. Wrecked on Goalen Rocks at about 10.30 pm and broke in two, with the after part sinking immediately. Fred Beckmann rowed the dinghy a
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMurrundi
Murray Bridge, downstream from the road bridge, opposite the wharf in the middle of the river. About 30 metres upstream of the William Davies
Murrundi was a built in 1875 and lost on 23/02/1950. Sank at permanent moorings. Vessel was eventually moved to deeper water.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMonada
River Murray, western bank at Morgan, between Punt Landing & Landseer Slipway
Monada was a built in 24/06/1870 and lost on 1944. Owner prohibited from working the vessel by The Commonwealth Navigation Branch in 1944. Broken up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSantiago
North Arm, Port River, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Santiago was a barque built in 03/05/1856 and lost on 19/04/1945. On 19 August 1945 Santiago was abandoned at the eastern extent of the North Arm, being the last and oldest vessel abandoned
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksThomas & Annie
Ships Graveyard, southern shore of Garden Island, North Arm, Port Adelaide. North west of the remains of the Grace Darling and Flinders.
Thomas & Annie was a ketch built in 14/07/1874 and lost on 12/1945. Sometime between 1941 and 1945 Thomas and Annie was floated inshore of the other derelict hulks at Garden Island. It was t
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksExcelsior
Mutton Cove, near Pelican Point, northern end of Lefevre Peninsula, Outer Harbour, Adelaide, South Australia
Excelsior was a built in 17/02/1897 and lost on 1945. Hulked 26/08/1931; scrapped 1945.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKookaburra
Ravine Des Casoars, 8 km south of Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island
Kookaburra was a cutter built in 1962 and lost on 16/04/1963. Unknown: possibly parted from anchor in large swells; found smashed ashore on rocks.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksJuliet
Port Noarlunga Reef
Juliet was a built in and lost on 04/02/1964. Struck reef while netting salmon.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksLeprena
Near Port Moorowie, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Leprena was a ketch built in 1912 and lost on 12/02/1964. On 12 February 1964 an electrical fault in the engine room caused a fire and explosion. The crew abandoned ship 3 miles off Port Moo
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMariner
Rapid Bay
Mariner was a built in and lost on 27/07/1964. Dragged anchors, washed ashore.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksThunderbird
1 mile off Cape Jaffa Lighthouse
Thunderbird was a built in and lost on 10/09/1964. Prop fouled by cray float, engine stalled and vessel drifted onto reef.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPelamis
Fishery Bay, South Australia
Pelamis was a none built in 1944 and lost on 28/04/1965. Pelamis was shark fishing off Liguanea Island, 20 miles south-west of Port Lincoln, in the early morning of 28 April 1965 when it ran
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksEleni K
NE of Goat Island, Murat Bay, Ceduna, South Australia
Eleni K was a none built in 1943 and lost on 29/09/1966. Eleni K arrived in Thevenard, South Australia, in mid-1966. Shipping authorities considered it unseaworthy and it was taken to Port A
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksGlenmorry
3 cables NE of Cape Catastrophe, near Port Lincoln
Glenmorry was a built in 1967 and lost on 10/06/1967. Struck rocks in the dark.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksResulka
Farm Beach, Coffin Bay, South Australia
Resulka was a cutter built in 1914 and lost on 07/03/1968. On Thursday 7 March 1968 Resulka’s owner, Vic Pascoe, and his deckhand Don Grotto of Port Lincoln, were cleaning the vessel’s engin
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSilver Gull
Murray Mouth
Silver Gull was a built in and lost on 11/1968. Sunk, getting through the Murray Mouth.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksKon Tiki
South End, Boston Island, Port Lincoln
Kon Tiki was a built in 1930 and lost on 29/08/1970. Broke moorings and went aground.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAlena
Port Lincoln, Spencer Gulf, South Australia.
Alena was a cutter built in and lost on 21/09/1970. Sank at moorings and broke up.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCroatia
Near Torrens Island Power Station, Port Adelaide, South Australia.
Croatia was a built in and lost on 7/1971. The vessel burned at its moorings.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksSt. Kevin
7 miles west of Point Sinclair, south of Penong
St. Kevin was a built in 1968 and lost on 30/09/1971. In September 1971 St Kevin, skippered by Robert J. Lakey of Portland, and with one deckhand, was on a voyage from Esperance to Streaky
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksHirondelle
Reef Head, west of Coffin Bay
Hirondelle was a sloop built in 1937 and lost on 06/11/1971. The crayboat Hirondelle left the shelter of Boardinghouse Bay, between Point Whidbey and Reef Point, west of Coffin Bay, to head
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksBintang Terang
1 mile NW of Point Weyland, near Venus Bay
Bintang Terang was a cutter built in 1951 and lost on 07/07/1973. Went ashore onto rocks after master fell asleep at the wheel.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksYasmin
2 miles NW of St Francis Island, South Australia
Yasmin was a none built in 1968 and lost on 24/03/1975. The cray boat Yasmin was under tow from Fowlers Bay to Elliston on 24 March 1975. The vessels were off West Island when the tow line p
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMaris Stella
The Granites, north of Point Westall, South Australia
Maris Stella was a cutter built in 1931 and lost on 24/04/1975. On 24 April 1975, the lobster fishing vessel Maris Stella was heading from Point Westall to Granite Point on autopilot, while
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksJadran
Corny Point, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
Jadran was a built in 1964 and lost on 10/06/1975. Fire in the engine room, burnt and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksRoma Star
6 miles SE of Wedge Island, 96 km SE of Port Lincoln
Roma Star was a built in 1973 and lost on 05/08/1975. Fire broke out in the engine room about 9pm. The vessel exploded and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksPacific Gull
Three miles SE of Franklin Island, south of Ceduna
Pacific Gull was a none built in 1968 and lost on 06/08/1975. Fire broke out in the engine room at 1:30pm. The vessel burnt and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksMoorara
100 m SE of old jetty, east side of Wardang Island, Yokre Peninsula
Moorara was a schooner built in 1909 and lost on 12/08/1975. On 25 August 1975 while at anchor off Wardang Island the vessel sank during a ‘blow’.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksStorm Eagle
2.5 miles east, Snug Cove at Water Gully, Kangaroo Island
Storm Eagle was a built in 23/06/1951 and lost on 21/11/1975. Ran aground and holed on some rocks.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksCorona-Astron
2 km from Cape St. Albans, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Corona-Astron was a sloop built in 1928 and lost on 03/03/1976. Swamped by freak waves.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksFlinders Star
Approximately 18 miles SE of Flinders Island, West Coast of South Australia
Flinders Star was a none built in 03/01/1970 and lost on 05/03/1976. Caught fire and sank.
Map, evidence and context →Maritime · South Australian ShipwrecksAquarius
7 km from Cowell, Spencer Gulf
Aquarius was a none built in 1971 and lost on 28/10/1976. Caught fire, burnt and sank.
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