How I Learned About ‘Black Jack’
A B-17 Flying Fortress called “Black Jack” has been laying 48m of water off of Papua New Guinea since WWII. I had not heard of “Black Jack” at all until…
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A B-17 Flying Fortress called “Black Jack” has been laying 48m of water off of Papua New Guinea since WWII. I had not heard of “Black Jack” at all until…
I have been visiting the wreck of the Santiago in the North Arm of the Port River on many of my kayaking trips from Garden Island. There is always much…
This is a story about how Claude Evans’ dream of restoring an old Huon pine yacht became more of a nightmare, only to end happily. This story started 12 months…
The PS Renmark burned at Goolwa on 2nd February 1951, shortly after being refitted as a tourist steamer (according to “Redgum & Paddlewheelers” by Peter J Phillips). Here is a…
The wreck of the Montebello on Kangaroo Island is well-documented in books such as “Kangaroo Island Shipwrecks” by Gifford Chapman and “Shipwreck Sites of Kangaroo Island” by Robert McKinnon. Not…
I recently wrote about a mystery shipwreck at Cape Jervis. My interest began when I read a report in The News newspaper for June 1968. A “Staff Reporter” for The…
There have been a few minor changes to some of the anchors on the Port Adelaide Anchor Trail, and some new anchors have been discovered. These new anchors are not,…
The Sunday Mail of 29th June 1968 reported the grounding of the iron screw steamer Sorata at Cape Jervis in 1880. The article was written by GD (Doug) Seton, Assistant…
I am just putting this out there! In June 1968, a “Staff Reporter” for The News reported an 1889 shipwreck at Cape Jervis (South Australia) called the Ben Loric. According…
A STUDY OF PORT ADELAIDE’S ANCHORS by Steve Reynolds Every ship needs an anchor, yet anchors do not normally get the recognition that they deserve. Despite that, an anchor is…