NOW A BREAKWATER.— The barque Hougomont, which ivas dismasted some time ago, is now used as a temporary breakwater in Stenhouse Bay, South Australia. The storm in which the Hougomont ivas dismasted was so severe,that the barque was considered lucky to have made port at all.
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Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 24
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46NOW A BREAKWATER.—The barque Hougomont, which ivas dismasted some time ago, is now used as a temporary breakwater in Stenhouse Bay, South Australia. The storm in which the Hougomont ivas dismasted was so severe,that the barque was considered lucky to have made port at all. Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 105, 6 May 1933, Page 24
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