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Some Carronades in South Australia
According to this display at the South Australian Maritime Museum, there were six carronades on the deck of HMS Buffalo when it brought...
Steve Reynolds
Jul 27, 20234 min read
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The 1986 archaeological survey by South Australian divers on the wreck of HMS Buffalo in NZ
Final Report on the 1986 archaeological survey by a team of South Australian divers on the wreck of HMS Buffalo in New Zealand by Steve...
Steve Reynolds
Jul 25, 202322 min read
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The Anchors of the Loch Vennachar
The Loch Vennachar was a 1552-ton, three-masted iron barque that sank in West Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia in 1905. Photo of one...
Steve Reynolds
Jul 9, 20231 min read
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The Hawthorn 'wreck' site in Bucks Bay
Member Greg Were posed a question on our Facebook page back in February: - “Amongst other ships, my great-great-grandfather was skipper...
Steve Reynolds
Jun 25, 20237 min read
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Good Luck needed to ID the "Good Luck Anchor"
I am attempting to establish the vessel that this “Good Luck Anchor” came from: - The plaque accompanying the anchor states that it was...
Steve Reynolds
May 1, 20233 min read
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Research on the Unknown Sailing Ship Photo on Fredrik Movall's Grave
Fredrik Movall’s grave at Cheltenham Cemetery Following the discovery of this grave at Cheltenham Cemetery, I sent the following email...
Steve Reynolds
Apr 7, 20236 min read
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Report on the wrecking of the HMS Buffalo and archaeological surveys done on the wreck
I came to Adelaide, Australia from England late in 1967, aged 15. I attended high school here for just 9 days, but never took an active...
Steve Reynolds
Apr 3, 202327 min read
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The barque Hougomont
January 2023 marked the 90th anniversary of the scuttling of the steel barque Hougomont at Stenhouse Bay, South Australia. (From the...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 30, 20231 min read
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50th anniversary dives in Victoria’s Ships’ Graveyard
On 6th November 2022, several divers held a 50th anniversary dive on the Fawkner wreck in Victoria’s Ships’ Graveyard (in Commonwealth...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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The Wreck of the Koning Willem II
30th June 2023 marks the 166th anniversary of the grounding of the 800-ton Dutch barque Koning Willem II in Guichen Bay in 1857. The...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 19, 20233 min read
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The recent collapse of the Santiago’s mid-section
As posted on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=153425680794800&set=pcb.153425707461464 , Port River Cruises reported “The...
Steve Reynolds
Jan 16, 20234 min read
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The Kedge Anchor from the Loch Ard
According to the web page found at http://vhd.heritage.vic.gov.au/shipwrecks/heritage/417, “One of two located anchors was raised for the...
Steve Reynolds
Nov 12, 20224 min read
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The Changing State of the Ethel Wreck
The wreck of the Ethel has continuously changed since that fateful day when it was wrecked at Reef Head on the Yorke Peninsula on 2nd...
Steve Reynolds
Sep 14, 20222 min read
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The Anchor from the Nashwauk
I recently revisited Moana for the first time in about 20 months it seems. I was quite surprised to find that the large (3m-long) anchor...
Steve Reynolds
Aug 23, 20223 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jul 19, 20222 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jun 27, 20222 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jun 20, 20223 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jun 19, 20223 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jun 18, 20227 min read
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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...
Steve Reynolds
Jun 14, 20221 min read
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