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Loch Ard wreck, Mutton Bird Island (Shipwreck Coast)

Wreck beach Source-confirmed findsProhibited, look only
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What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Nails and fittingsNails and fittings
Wreck timberWreck timber

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: North Lincolnshire Museum, Martin Foreman, (CC BY 2.0), NPS photo (Public domain).

Why this spot

1878 iron clipper

Clipper wrecked 1 June 1878 near what is now Loch Ard Gorge with 2,275 tons of mixed cargo, including the Minton porcelain peacock now at Flagstaff Hill Maritime Museum.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

Southern Ocean swellSurge, cliffs, rarely diveable

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