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San Miguel
Tiparra Reef, off Moonta Bay, South Australia.
San Miguel was a barque built in 7/1864 and lost on 08/05/1865. The vessel left Port Adelaide on 6 May 1865 bound for Wallaroo with a cargo of hay, copper ore, mining equipment, cement and timber. At about 4am on the 7th the vessel ran onto the Tiparra Reef near Wallaroo. Although there was a light-ship on the reef a
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationTiparra Reef, off Moonta Bay, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1865
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceBarque; Iron; The vessel left Port Adelaide on 6 May 1865 bound for Wallaroo with a cargo of hay, copper ore, mining equipment, cement and timber. At about 4am on the 7th the vessel ran onto the Tiparra Reef near Wallaroo. Although there was a light-ship on the reef a
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