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Steve Reynolds
Jul 19, 20222 min read
MORE DETAILS ABOUT HMS SIRIUS
According to the article titled “Fifth Expedition to the Wreck of HMS “Sirius”, Norfolk Island, March 1990” in the late Neville Coleman’s...
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 27, 20222 min read
More About Captains Begg & Legoe and the Hesperus
I have acquired the book "Sagas of Steam and Sail" by Neil W. Cormack since writing "Captain John Legoe & More About the Hesperus". The...
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 20, 20223 min read
We now have some files from the Temme Collection
As I reported on our Facebook page on 17th June, “We have now received (part of) the Temme collection from Brian Morrison. It fills a...
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 19, 20223 min read
New Ground Gained on Gardener from Glenelg
I may have unwittingly posed some tricky questions in my article titled The Gardener who came to Glenelg on HMS Buffalo in 1836. I...
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 18, 20227 min read
Captain John Legoe & More About the Hesperus
Since writing The Wreck of the Hesperus, I have stumbled across a little more information about the ship. In The Wreck of the Hesperus, I...
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 14, 20221 min read
Anchor from the 1852 wreck of the Eglinton
Brad Willsea says that this anchor at the Fremantle shipwreck museum is from the 1852 wreck of the Eglinton: - The Eglinton’s anchor...
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 13, 20222 min read
The Gardener who came to Glenelg on HMS Buffalo in 1836
A William Croxall, who was a gardener, came to Glenelg, South Australia onboard HMS Buffalo in 1836, along with his wife and daughter....
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Steve Reynolds
Jun 3, 20225 min read
South Australian Archaeology Society public library
The public library of the SAAS is located at the Port Environment Centre, 27 North Parade, Port Adelaide. The centre is open to the...
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Steve Reynolds
May 25, 20224 min read
The Wreck of the Hesperus
People (over 50?) often say something like, “I look like the wreck of the Hesperus!”. Just what is it about the Hesperus? Hesperus was...
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Steve Reynolds
May 21, 20221 min read
More About HMS Sirius
HMS Sirius was built on the River Thames as a 3-masted Baltic trader in 1781. It is said to have originally been a coal-carrying vessel...
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Steve Reynolds
May 20, 20221 min read
Anchor from Capt. Cook's Endeavour
In June 1770, explorer James Cook’s ship Endeavour lost an anchor when they ran aground on what is now called Endeavour Reef. The anchor...
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Steve Reynolds
May 20, 20221 min read
Anchors from HMS Porpoise
Explorer Matthew Flinders was onboard HMS Porpoise when it was wrecked in 1803 at a location now known as Wreck Reef. Ben Cropp found the...
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Steve Reynolds
May 19, 20223 min read
More on the Anchors from HMS Sirius
Further to Some of the Anchors from HMS Sirius, when some of the details were posted on our Facebook page, Tim Smith pointed out that his...
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Steve Reynolds
May 17, 20221 min read
Some of the Anchors from HMS Sirius
Some of the Anchors from HMS Sirius by Steve Reynolds The best bower anchor from HMS Sirius was let go in Sydney Bay, Norfolk Island in...
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