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Lapwing
Port Elliot, South Australia.
Lapwing was a ketch built in 1808 and lost on 06/09/1856. By 5 September 1856 Lapwing had been in Horseshoe Bay 23 days, having discharged ‘sundry stores for the settlers’ and taken on a cargo of 102 bags of wheat and timber for the return voyage. The vessel was laid to at the outer moorings. During this
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPort Elliot, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1856
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; By 5 September 1856 Lapwing had been in Horseshoe Bay 23 days, having discharged ‘sundry stores for the settlers’ and taken on a cargo of 102 bags of wheat and timber for the return voyage. The vessel was laid to at the outer moorings. During this
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