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Amelia
About 100 m from shore (north west section?), Avoid Bay, Coffin Bay National Park, West Coast of South Australia.
Amelia was a cutter built in 1858 and lost on 08/02/1883. Amelia was on a sealing expedition to Four Hummocks Islands under the command of Captain Alexander Reid when lost on the morning of Thursday 8 February 1883. The vessel was hove to and drifting under a double-reefed mainsail at 12:30am about five miles o
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationAbout 100 m from shore (north west section?), Avoid Bay, Coffin Bay National Park, West Coast of South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1883
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Amelia was on a sealing expedition to Four Hummocks Islands under the command of Captain Alexander Reid when lost on the morning of Thursday 8 February 1883. The vessel was hove to and drifting under a double-reefed mainsail at 12:30am about five miles o
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