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Tenterden

Breaksea Reef, Cape Northumberland, 2Km Sw Of Port Macdonnell

Tenterden was a built in 5/1883 and lost on 23/12/1893. Mistake in bearings, struck a reef and broke up by sea. SS Tenterden left Melbourne in December 1893 bound for Beachport, SA, via Port MacDonnell, where 1300 bales of wool were waiting to be loaded. The vessel arrived off Port MacDonnell at midnight on 2

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationBreaksea Reef, Cape Northumberland, 2Km Sw Of Port Macdonnell

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1893

Oddness signal90/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceIron; Mistake in bearings, struck a reef and broke up by sea. SS Tenterden left Melbourne in December 1893 bound for Beachport, SA, via Port MacDonnell, where 1300 bales of wool were waiting to be loaded. The vessel arrived off Port MacDonnell at midnight on 2

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