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Star of Greece

Between Port Willunga and Blanche Point, Adelaide, South Australia.

Star of Greece was a ship built in 9/1868 and lost on 13/07/1888. On 12th July the vessel left Port Adelaide with 16,000 bags of wheat bound for the United Kingdom. The object was to pass through Backstairs Passage and Bass Strait and head for Queenstown in the UK via Cape Horn. At about 2:30am on Friday morning, th

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBetween Port Willunga and Blanche Point, Adelaide, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1888
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceShip; Iron; On 12th July the vessel left Port Adelaide with 16,000 bags of wheat bound for the United Kingdom. The object was to pass through Backstairs Passage and Bass Strait and head for Queenstown in the UK via Cape Horn. At about 2:30am on Friday morning, th

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