Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Moe

Garden Island Beach, east of water pipes and near the Gem and Sarnia, Port Adelaide, South Australia.

Moe was a barque built in 1876 and lost on 25/09/1931. In August 1928 the Habours Board was notified of the owners’ intention to scrap the hulk and permission was sought to scuttle it on the mudflats at the North Arm. Although approval was given, it was moved with permission and grounded, lying across the