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Mercury Star

Three miles NW of Kiana

Mercury Star was a cutter built in 1947 and lost on 04/06/1977. The shark fishing vessel Mercury Star was heading to Cap Island on Friday evening 3 June 1977 and was about 15 miles northwest of Halls Bay when the engine began to stall. The master, Robert ‘Butch’ Bartsch, investigated and found the engine room flo

CategorySHIPWRECK

LocationThree miles NW of Kiana

DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks

Listed/year1977

Oddness signal84/99

Data completeness90%

SignificanceCutter; Wood; The shark fishing vessel Mercury Star was heading to Cap Island on Friday evening 3 June 1977 and was about 15 miles northwest of Halls Bay when the engine began to stall. The master, Robert ‘Butch’ Bartsch, investigated and found the engine room flo

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