Steve's Shipwreck Site

The "ER Sterling" on Genoa Bay (Taken by Therin Harold Truesdale in 1921)

Thursday, January 29, 2026

The ‘Wreck’ of the Tam O’Shanter

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The 360-ton barque Tam O’Shanter was built in North Hylton, County Durham, England in 1829. In 1836, Osmond Gilles chartered it for the migr...
Thursday, January 8, 2026

The Wreck of the MV Victoria

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I recently came across a photo of the MV Victoria on The Surf Chasers’ Facebook page . It came with the comments, “1934 Tunkalilla beach. M...
Friday, January 2, 2026

The ‘Unidentified Pontoon’ has been Identified

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As I wrote at The Breaking up of the Karatta & the Loch Tay at Port Adelaide’s Jervois Basin’s ship-breaking area (a member-only blog),...
Thursday, January 1, 2026

The Wreck of the FV Almonta

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According to ABC News , the wooden fishing boat Almonta sank on its moorings at Snooks Landing in October 2021. It had been built on the Su...
Wednesday, December 31, 2025

The Young Recruit Wreck

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The cutter Young Recruit was wrecked at Port Gawler on 4 th November 1902. Not much more than that seemed to be known, other than that it ...

The two wrecked vessels near Broad Creek in Barker Inlet

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A dodge low tide today helped me to finally find these two wrecked vessels in Barker Inlet, near Broad Creek in the Port River: - Peter Cart...
Tuesday, December 30, 2025

The Wreck of the “Unidentified iron dredge” in the Garden Island Ships’ Graveyard

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The “Unidentified iron dredge” is item 22 in the “Garden Island Ships’ Graveyard Maritime Heritage Trail” booklet published by the Departmen...
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Steve Reynolds
Longtime former scuba diver & President for the Marine Life Society of SA. Longtime involvement with the Scuba Divers Federation of SA since the mid-1980s. The Federation's Secretary from 2001-2019. A GIRT scientific diver. A founder of Dragon Search. Australian scuba diving rep for Redmap.
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