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Lucy Flinders

Sheringa Lagoon

Lucy Flinders was a cutter built in and lost on 26/05/1925. Lucy Flinders, under the command of Jim Bews with one deckhand, had left Flinders Island in ballast, and were attempting to cross the bar into Waterloo Bay at Elliston on 26 May 1925. A sudden change of wind drove the vessel southward, away from the bay

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationSheringa Lagoon

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1925

Oddness signal90/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceCutter; Wood; Lucy Flinders, under the command of Jim Bews with one deckhand, had left Flinders Island in ballast, and were attempting to cross the bar into Waterloo Bay at Elliston on 26 May 1925. A sudden change of wind drove the vessel southward, away from the bay

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