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Astra
1 km west of Egg Island, 40 km offshore from Ceduna
Astra was a cutter built in 1967 and lost on 12/01/1981. The Port Lincoln-based cray fishing vessel Astra was operating in the St Francis Isles, about 40 km offshore from Ceduna, when it struck a submerged rock about midnight Sunday 11 January 1981, and began rapidly taking on water. The master, Anton Figl, ra
CategorySHIPWRECK
Location1 km west of Egg Island, 40 km offshore from Ceduna
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1981
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Steel; The Port Lincoln-based cray fishing vessel Astra was operating in the St Francis Isles, about 40 km offshore from Ceduna, when it struck a submerged rock about midnight Sunday 11 January 1981, and began rapidly taking on water. The master, Anton Figl, ra
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