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Solway
North side of Black Reef, NE of Rosetta Head, Encounter Bay
Solway was a ship built in 1829 and lost on 21/12/1837. The ship left Hamburg, Germany, with 52 German immigrants and arrived at Rosetta Bay, South Australia in December 1837. The vessel was anchored near the site where the barque South Australian had been driven ashore and wrecked two weeks earlier, and whil
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNorth side of Black Reef, NE of Rosetta Head, Encounter Bay
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1837
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceShip; Wood; The ship left Hamburg, Germany, with 52 German immigrants and arrived at Rosetta Bay, South Australia in December 1837. The vessel was anchored near the site where the barque South Australian had been driven ashore and wrecked two weeks earlier, and whil
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