The steam tug Nyora, sunk
about 50kms off of Cape Jaffa in 1917 whilst towing the schooner Astoria.
The Nyora was a single screw steamship built in 1909 by J.P. Rennoldson
& Sons in South Shields. Whilst owned by Huddart Parker & Co Pty. Ltd,
she foundered west of Kingston, SA after passing Kangaroo Island on a voyage to
the eastern states with the auxiliary schooner Astoria in tow. The
location for the wreck of the Nyora remained unknown until recently when Steve
Saville found it. Video footage can be found at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GqqHpfhmA8&feature=youtu.be
. See https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/business/sa-business-journal/tale-of-tragedy-and-survival-emerges-from-discovery-of-nyora-tugboat-shipwreck-in-south-australias-south-east/news-story/3f92308ad308266034afc999d6006ba9?fbclid=IwAR3zJHX1EFk4V66GhZlGDhxyUuGa5b2G1FtQkOYuoLZod8OAhlNYqcnux-Q
for further details. Pictured is a memorial at Cape Jaffa for the lost crew of the Nyora.
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