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Tar Baby
Farm Beach, near Coffin Bay, South Australia
Tar Baby was a cutter built in 1884 and lost on 28/02/1948. During a northwest gale on 28 February 1948, the fishing cutter Tar Baby broke from its mooring at Farm Beach and was thrown ashore by waves onto the southern end of Farm Beach, northwest of Coffin Bay. Within a short space of time the vessel was complet
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationFarm Beach, near Coffin Bay, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1948
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; During a northwest gale on 28 February 1948, the fishing cutter Tar Baby broke from its mooring at Farm Beach and was thrown ashore by waves onto the southern end of Farm Beach, northwest of Coffin Bay. Within a short space of time the vessel was complet
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