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Alpha

Middle Spit near Port Augusta, South Australia

Alpha was a cutter built in 1879 and lost on 1940. Lay derelict at Port Wakefield for some time and in the late 1930s/1940s was towed out to sea from that port and sunk. Possibly wrecked at Port Augusta?

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMiddle Spit near Port Augusta, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1940
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Lay derelict at Port Wakefield for some time and in the late 1930s/1940s was towed out to sea from that port and sunk. Possibly wrecked at Port Augusta?

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