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Iron King
Troubridge Shoal, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Iron King was a ship built in 1/1867 and lost on 11/12/1873. The vessel departed London in August 1873 bound for Port Adelaide with 30 paying passengers, 28 Government sponsored immigrants and a general cargo. It was reported that the ship’s compass was incorrectly reading throughout the voyage, and the captain
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationTroubridge Shoal, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1873
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceShip; Iron; The vessel departed London in August 1873 bound for Port Adelaide with 30 paying passengers, 28 Government sponsored immigrants and a general cargo. It was reported that the ship’s compass was incorrectly reading throughout the voyage, and the captain
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