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Robbie Burns
Corny Point, Spencer Gulf
Robbie Burns was a built in 1904 and lost on 17/08/1939. The barge had been used in the construction of Baltic Wharf at Port Pirie during the late 1930s. During a voyage under tow by the pilot launch Sir Wallace Bruce from Port Pirie to Port Adelaide, the barge sank in a storm after breaking adrift.
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCorny Point, Spencer Gulf
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1939
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; The barge had been used in the construction of Baltic Wharf at Port Pirie during the late 1930s. During a voyage under tow by the pilot launch Sir Wallace Bruce from Port Pirie to Port Adelaide, the barge sank in a storm after breaking adrift.
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