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Hawthorn
Bucks Bay, Carpenters Rocks
Hawthorn was a ketch built in 01/11/1875 and lost on 2/1949. Hawthorn ran aground in February 1949 after only six trips to sea. A violent storm at Bucks Bay, Carpenter Rocks, 28 kms north of Port MacDonnell, caused Hawthorn to drag its anchor and run aground. The small anchor was insufficient to keep the vessel mo
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBucks Bay, Carpenters Rocks
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1949
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Hawthorn ran aground in February 1949 after only six trips to sea. A violent storm at Bucks Bay, Carpenter Rocks, 28 kms north of Port MacDonnell, caused Hawthorn to drag its anchor and run aground. The small anchor was insufficient to keep the vessel mo
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