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Leprena
Near Port Moorowie, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Leprena was a ketch built in 1912 and lost on 12/02/1964. On 12 February 1964 an electrical fault in the engine room caused a fire and explosion. The crew abandoned ship 3 miles off Port Moorowie, rowing ashore in a dinghy and skiff. Later the same evening, the gutted hull came ashore near Port Moorowie.
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNear Port Moorowie, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1964
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; On 12 February 1964 an electrical fault in the engine room caused a fire and explosion. The crew abandoned ship 3 miles off Port Moorowie, rowing ashore in a dinghy and skiff. Later the same evening, the gutted hull came ashore near Port Moorowie.
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