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Helena

Wittelbee Point, approximately 15 km SE of Ceduna

Helena was a ketch built in 12/1875 and lost on 04/09/1925. According to William Clarke’s reminiscences, Helena, with Clarke and his wife aboard, was sailing from St Peter Island to Decrees Bay to unload about 200 sheep which were in the hold, and another 80 which were on a large cargo boat being towed. The Hel

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWittelbee Point, approximately 15 km SE of Ceduna
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1925
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; According to William Clarke’s reminiscences, Helena, with Clarke and his wife aboard, was sailing from St Peter Island to Decrees Bay to unload about 200 sheep which were in the hold, and another 80 which were on a large cargo boat being towed. The Hel

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