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Steve Reynolds
Jan 42 min read
HMCS Protector, South Australia's only colonial warship
Further to S tudent Survey of the Torpedo Station Site, Hindmarsh Reach, Port River, 2000 , although most details are covered in Stephen...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 44 min read
Student Survey of the Torpedo Station Site, Hindmarsh Reach, Port River (2000)
A group of students and lecturers from the 3rd year Flinders University Maritime Archaeology class (ARCH 3005) undertook fieldwork on the...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 24 min read
The Graves of Crew from the Rescue Boat for the Electric
While I'm on a roll, here is the memorial at St Jude's Cemetery at Brighton for the four drowned crew from the boat that attempted to aid...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 22 min read
The grave of Dao Thanh from the SS Notue
My writing seems to have drifted from shipwrecks, anchors & cannon to maritime graves now. That brings me to revisit the topic of The...
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Steve Reynolds
Jan 13 min read
The 'Missing' Anchor from the City of Adelaide Clipper Ship
According to http://cityofadelaide.org/wiki/Voyage_to_Adelaide_in_1874 , “At 3am on the 24th August 1874 the City of Adelaide anchored...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20245 min read
The Grave of the Unknown Sailor from the Loch Vennachar
According to comments made on “Ships’ Nostalgia”, the “ Loch Vennachar was a three-masted iron sailing ship (clipper) that operated...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20242 min read
The Grave of David Kilpatrick from the Loch Sloy
This is the grave of 25-year-old David Kilpatrick, a victim of the Loch Sloy wrecking on a nearby reef at Kangaroo Island in April 1899....
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20242 min read
Pictures of the Loch Vennachar
This was meant to be about another topic, but I will just ‘go with the flow’ and (mainly) discuss pictures of the Loch Vennachar. I...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 27, 20243 min read
The American Whaler Anchor at American River
This anchor at American River on Kangaroo Island is said to be from an early American whaling ship. The anchor at American River on...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 26, 20243 min read
The discovery of the Clan Ranald Anchor & its movements
According to https://www.facebook.com/EdithburghMuseum/posts/584892742899111/ , divers Allan Russell, Merv Bryant and Peter Mildren...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 22, 20244 min read
The Graves at Althorpe Island
It appears that Doug Seton took a series of slides at Althorpe Island many years ago. This slide appears to be of the Althorpe Island...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 19, 20241 min read
The Recovery of the Small Stream Anchor from HMS Investigator
Two anchors from Matthew Flinders’ Investigator were raised by members of the Underwater Explorers Club of South Australia in 1973. The...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 17, 20244 min read
The Recovery of Artefacts from the Wonga Shoal Lighthouse Site
In my article titled The John Pirie Anchors (and other Anecdotes About Doug Seton) , I stated that Doug Seton had told me a little bit...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 16, 20242 min read
The Lady Kinnaird anchor
A stocked anchor from the wreck of the Lady Kinnaird, recovered & conserved by the then SUHR (Society for Underwater Historical...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 16, 20242 min read
The Rooganah anchor
In The South Australian Anchor Trail I stated, “The schooner Rooganah caught fire when about 8 miles from Whyalla on 19th August 1927...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 16, 20243 min read
The Margaret Brock Anchor
As I wrote at The John Pirie Anchors (and other Anecdotes About Doug Seton) , Doug Seton “played a major role in the recovery of the bow...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 15, 20244 min read
The John Pirie Anchors (and other Anecdotes About Doug Seton)
I often unsuccessfully asked Doug Seton to make a start on writing a book about his numerous diving experiences before his untimely...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 13, 20242 min read
The Wreck of the Kōtoku Maru
According to Wikipedia , the disabled Kōtoku Maru ran aground near Salamaua on the northeastern coastline of Papua New Guinea in 1942...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 6, 20243 min read
Some of the Achievements of Doug Seton
George D (Doug) Seton was well-known in diving and shipwreck circles. He has held many positions, including that of Assistant Information...
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Steve Reynolds
Dec 3, 20244 min read
More on the Columbus Era Anchor
I have been watching occasional episodes of “Cooper’s Treasure” and following treasure hunter Darrell Miklos’s search for shipwreck...
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