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Lady Flinders

Front Beach, east side of Flinders Island

Lady Flinders was a ketch built in 1937 and lost on 25/09/1937. During a storm on 25 September 1937, Lady Flinders broke away from its moorings at the ‘Front Beach’ on the east side of Flinders Island and was carried onto the rocks on the south end of the beach. The vessel broke its back, which allowed the engine

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationFront Beach, east side of Flinders Island

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1937

Oddness signal90/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceKetch; Wood; During a storm on 25 September 1937, Lady Flinders broke away from its moorings at the ‘Front Beach’ on the east side of Flinders Island and was carried onto the rocks on the south end of the beach. The vessel broke its back, which allowed the engine

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