South Australian 1889
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Marker: recorded wreck position (Steam era).
Key facts
| Name | South Australian | Wikidata label |
|---|---|---|
| Year lost | 1889 | Wikidata P793 significant event, point-in-time qualifier |
| Era | Steam era | derived from year |
| Ship type | clipper | Wikidata P31 instance of |
| Sea / ocean | Bristol Channel | Natural Earth marine areas (public domain), point-in-polygon |
| Nearest coast | England | Natural Earth (public domain); approx. 27 km from land |
| Position | 51.2134, -4.6027 | Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0) |
About the wreck
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.
Diving & visiting
In 1986 members of the Ilfracombe & North Devon Sub-Aqua Club found South Australian's cargo of iron at a depth of 42 metres (140 ft) in the Bristol Channel. It is about three miles northeast of Lundy. In 2015 Wessex Archaeology undertook a geophysical mapping survey of the wreck for the club.
Location
- Recorded position: 51.2134, -4.6027 (Wikidata P625 coordinate location (CC0); may be approximate)
- Sea / ocean: Bristol Channel
- Nearest coast: England
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Text adapted from the Wikipedia article South Australian (clipper ship) (revision 1377827887), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: excerpted from the article lead section and section(s) “Wreck”; condensed by selecting paragraphs; citations and formatting removed. No text added. This excerpt is available under the same licence.
Wreck facts from Wikidata (CC0).
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