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| | TASMANIAN SHIPWRECKS |
 | | Lbd 112.2 x 26.2 x 9.5 ft. She was the first and only iron vessel built in Tasmania; with a tradition of timber shipbuilding and plenty of raw materials, it was not until the late 1940s that the first welded steel vessel was built in Tasmania. |
 | | Late in March 1854, was found ashore at Louisa Bay on the far south coast Tasmania, with her mast and bowsprit carried away and no trace of the crew of four, including the captain and a party of seven prospectors she was bringing back from Port Davey. |
 | | From Hobart to the whaling station at Oyster Bay, became entangled in the kelp beds in the Mercury Passage, between Maria Island and the Tasmanian mainland, miss-stayed and drifted ashore opposite the island, September 1839. |
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