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John Robb

Off Wonga Shoal Light Beacon (Grg) St. Vincents Gulf (P)

John Robb was a ketch built in 1879 and lost on 24/04/1954. Collision with the 134-ton tug Falcon. The tug was towing a barge filled with 700 tons of rock from Klein's Point to Birkenhead (Port Adelaide) for the Adelaide Cement Company. The impact occurred between the port side of Falcon and the starboard side of

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationOff Wonga Shoal Light Beacon (Grg) St. Vincents Gulf (P)

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1954

Oddness signal84/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceKetch; Iron; Collision with the 134-ton tug Falcon. The tug was towing a barge filled with 700 tons of rock from Klein's Point to Birkenhead (Port Adelaide) for the Adelaide Cement Company. The impact occurred between the port side of Falcon and the starboard side of

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