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The Knees of Ships
According to Wikipedia, “In woodworking, a knee is a natural or cut curved piece of wood. Knees, sometimes called ship's knees, are a...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 72 min read
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The Mystery of the S.S. Douglas Mawson
"Australian Sea Mysteries" (2nd edition) gives some details of a wooden, ketch-rigged steamship called the Douglas Mawson , built in NSW...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 72 min read
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The steam yacht SY Aurora
I recently found this postcard from the South Australian Museum: - It features the Aurora at the Cape Denison anchorage. Those ice...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 78 min read
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Art and Artefacts from HMCS Protector
Further to HMCS Protector, South Australia's only colonial warship and Student Survey of the Torpedo Station Site, Hindmarsh Reach, Port...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 62 min read
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1977 Loch Vennachar Expedition Update, including images from the expedition
As I wrote at The Anchors of the Loch Vennachar at http://wix.to/gzjn2HB , the SUHR conducted a major expedition by to the site of...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 53 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 42 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 44 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 24 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 22 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 13 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20245 min read
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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....
Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20242 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 31, 20242 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 27, 20243 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 26, 20243 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 22, 20244 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 20, 20243 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 19, 20241 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 17, 20244 min read
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The Lady Kinnaird anchor
A stocked anchor from the wreck of the Lady Kinnaird, recovered & conserved by the then SUHR (Society for Underwater Historical...
Steve Reynolds
Dec 16, 20242 min read
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