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Maid of the Mill
Mouth of the Onkaparinga River, Adelaide
Maid of the Mill was a ketch built in 1849 and lost on 27/02/1856. Maid of the Mill left Port Adelaide for Willunga on 27 February 1856 with a cargo of palings, flour and sundries. A gale forced the vessel ashore high and dry near the mouth of the Onkaparinga River and it became a total wreck.
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMouth of the Onkaparinga River, Adelaide
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1856
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Maid of the Mill left Port Adelaide for Willunga on 27 February 1856 with a cargo of palings, flour and sundries. A gale forced the vessel ashore high and dry near the mouth of the Onkaparinga River and it became a total wreck.
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