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Stag

Angas Inlet, Port Adelaide

Stag was a built in and lost on 09/03/1883. The hulk was in the Port Stream when the cargo of coal, which had been stored in the hold since the previous November, spontaneous combusted. The burning hulk was towed to North Arm to be scuttled if the fire could not be quelled (SA Register, 9/03/1883)

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationAngas Inlet, Port Adelaide

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1883

Oddness signal90/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceThe hulk was in the Port Stream when the cargo of coal, which had been stored in the hold since the previous November, spontaneous combusted. The burning hulk was towed to North Arm to be scuttled if the fire could not be quelled (SA Register, 9/03/1883)

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