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Napperby
Schnapper Point, between River Channel and Quarantine Station, Port Adelaide
Napperby was a ketch built in 12/1872 and lost on 13/01/1928. In January 1928, when bound from Edithburgh to Port Adelaide with a cargo of 1300 bags of lime and 200 bags of gypsum, the lime caught fire as Napperby entered the Port Adelaide River. When the master, Captain Hilton Burgess, could see that there was no
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationSchnapper Point, between River Channel and Quarantine Station, Port Adelaide
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1928
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; In January 1928, when bound from Edithburgh to Port Adelaide with a cargo of 1300 bags of lime and 200 bags of gypsum, the lime caught fire as Napperby entered the Port Adelaide River. When the master, Captain Hilton Burgess, could see that there was no
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