Highlights of the SA Shipwrecks Database

• Significant 2008 Anniversaries
• Significant 2007 Anniversaries

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Significant 2008 Anniversaries

100th Anniversary – wreck date 1858

            Sir Wilfred Lawson (50Kb PDF) – lost Port Moorowie (Yorke Peninsula), 20 March 1908
            Robert Burns (50KB PDF) – lost Kingscote (Kangaroo Island), 4 December 1908

75th Anniversary – wreck date 1933

            Hougomont (50Kb PDF) – abandoned Stenhouse Bay (Yorke Peninsula), 8 January 1933

50th Anniversary – lost 1958

            Magic (50Kb PDF) – lost off Cape Cassini (Kangaroo Island), 3 April 1958

Significant 2007 Anniversaries

150th Anniversary - wreck date 1857

Phaeton (250Kb PDF) - lost Guichen Bay, 2 February 1857
Sultana (100Kb PDF) - lost near Robe, 27 April 1857
Koning Willem II (150Kb PDF), lost near Robe, 30 June 1857

100th Anniversary - wreck date 1907

Mary Ellis (150Kb PDF) - lost Sleaford Bay, 5 April 1907
Willyama (200Kb PDF) - lost near Marion Bay, 13 April 1907
Norma (250Kb PDF) - lost off Semaphore, 21 April 1907
Aagot (150Kb PDF) - lost Wardang Island, 12 October 1907

75th Anniversary - wreck date 1882

Dorothy H Sterling (50Kb PDF) - beached North Arm (Port River), March 1932

50th Anniversary - wreck date 1957

Mars (200Kb PDF) - lost near Cape Du Couedic (KI), 20 July 1957
Pearl (300Kb PDF) - lost near Murray Bridge, 1957