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Pelamis

Fishery Bay, South Australia

Pelamis was a none built in 1944 and lost on 28/04/1965. Pelamis was shark fishing off Liguanea Island, 20 miles south-west of Port Lincoln, in the early morning of 28 April 1965 when it ran onto rocks on the north side of the island and was badly holed and commenced taking on water. The master, Lawrence Vahlb

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationFishery Bay, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1965
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Wood; Pelamis was shark fishing off Liguanea Island, 20 miles south-west of Port Lincoln, in the early morning of 28 April 1965 when it ran onto rocks on the north side of the island and was badly holed and commenced taking on water. The master, Lawrence Vahlb

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