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FollowShip wreck of the SS Speke.
A three masted steel barque of 2,876 tons and 93 metres, having been built in Wales, 1891, the Speke drifted broadside on to a reef to the east of Kitty Miller ...
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A three masted steel barque of 2,876 tons and 93 metres, having been built in Wales, 1891, the Speke drifted broadside on to a reef to the east of Kitty Miller Bay on 22 February 1906 while en route from Peru via Sydney to Geelong to pick up wheat.
Speke on rock
The accident was attributed to faulty navigation by the captain who had confused a bushfire for a navigation light.
A lifeboat was quickly launched after striking the reef, but it capsized and one of the four occupants drowned. Those remaining finally reached the beach exhausted.
Both cargo and much of the Speke were salvaged although heavy seas battered the wreck for several days until it broke in two and rapidly disintegrated.
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Speke on rock
The accident was attributed to faulty navigation by the captain who had confused a bushfire for a navigation light.
A lifeboat was quickly launched after striking the reef, but it capsized and one of the four occupants drowned. Those remaining finally reached the beach exhausted.
Both cargo and much of the Speke were salvaged although heavy seas battered the wreck for several days until it broke in two and rapidly disintegrated.
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stephenpretty
June 29, 2014
It's a awesome place captured at the back beach of Phillip Island Victoria Australia.
TVMc
September 02, 2015
What an awesome shot. I bet you were so excited to see that. Did you plan on this location or did you stumble upon this?
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