Wreck of South Australian
United Kingdom
- Position
- About 51.2° N, 4.7° W (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect a protected site
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
Officially designated: scheduled monument.
Legal basis: scheduled monument.
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 90%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
South Australian was a composite-hulled clipper ship that was built in Sunderland in 1868 and sank in the Bristol Channel in 1889. She was a successor to clippers St Vincent and City of Adelaide. For nearly two decades she voyaged annually between London and South Australia.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
About this wreck
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