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Robert Burns
250-300 metres north of Unlit Beacon on southern end of the sand spit, Nepean Bay, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
Robert Burns was a ketch built in 1857 and lost on 04/12/1908. The Robert Burns went ashore on the sand spit, Nepean Bay, four kilometres off Kingscote, Kangaroo Island at 3am on Friday 4th December 1908. The craft struck soon after the moon went down. At that time the vessel was owned by Messers Johnson and Jenkins
CategorySHIPWRECK
Location250-300 metres north of Unlit Beacon on southern end of the sand spit, Nepean Bay, Kingscote, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1908
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; The Robert Burns went ashore on the sand spit, Nepean Bay, four kilometres off Kingscote, Kangaroo Island at 3am on Friday 4th December 1908. The craft struck soon after the moon went down. At that time the vessel was owned by Messers Johnson and Jenkins
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