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Aeolus

Aeolus Reef, near Cape Banks, opposite Pelican Point, 23 miles west of Mt Gambier, South Australia.

Aeolus was a ship built in 05/05/1886 and lost on 01/09/1894. The vessel missed stays and struck a partially submerged reef, filled with water and broke up over a period of a week.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationAeolus Reef, near Cape Banks, opposite Pelican Point, 23 miles west of Mt Gambier, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1894
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceShip; Iron; The vessel missed stays and struck a partially submerged reef, filled with water and broke up over a period of a week.

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