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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 20, 20243 min read
The Star of Greece Anchor at Semaphore Jetty (and its movements)
This is how the anchor from the Star of Greece shipwreck looks these days in its place at Semaphore jetty: - It hasn’t always been like...
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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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Steve Reynolds
Nov 28, 20245 min read
Update on the Golden Hind’s Cannon
Since writing “ The Golden Hind’s Cannon ”, and updating it, more information has come to hand via comments made by people on a Facebook...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 27, 20242 min read
Discovery & Recovery of Columbus' Fleet Anchor
Whilst catching up on some episodes of “Cooper’s Treasure” on the Discovery Channel (where Darrell Miklos and his team used a map of the...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 26, 20242 min read
The Golden Hind’s Cannon (Updated)
The famous galleon the Golden Hind was captained by Sir Francis Drake during his circumnavigation of the world from 1577 to 1580. The...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 25, 20243 min read
The ships’ bell from the SS Clan Ranald
This is the ships’ bell from the SS Clan Ranald . It is now in the hands of the South Australian Maritime Museum, having been donated to...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 23, 20244 min read
Update on the Anchors from the Joseph H. Scammell
Further information has come to hand since writing the blog published at https://stevereynolds.wixsite.com/website/post/the-anchors-from-...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 21, 20241 min read
The 'Diving Into the Past' display
The 'Diving Into the Past' display at the Bay Discovery Centre at Glenelg features most of the items found by SUHR divers at the old...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 19, 20243 min read
THE ANCHORS FROM THE JOSEPH H. SCAMMELL
In 1971, it took the use of ten 200L drums full of air for two divers from the Geelong Skindiving Club to raise the largest of the...
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Steve Reynolds
Nov 18, 20243 min read
The Replica Anchor of HMS Rapid
Colonel William Light’s ship HMS Rapid lost an anchor on 8th September 1836 “during wild weather whilst anchored near the cave end of...
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