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Rapid
Althorpe Island, Investigator Strait, South Australia
Rapid was a cutter built in 1920 and lost on 18/09/1937. On the evening of 18 September 1937 the fishing cutter Rapid was anchored at Althorpe Island (in company with two Port Adelaide cutters: Sunbeam and Philvina). At about 3am the following morning the anchor chain snapped and Rapid was driven onto the rock
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationAlthorpe Island, Investigator Strait, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1937
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; On the evening of 18 September 1937 the fishing cutter Rapid was anchored at Althorpe Island (in company with two Port Adelaide cutters: Sunbeam and Philvina). At about 3am the following morning the anchor chain snapped and Rapid was driven onto the rock
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