Description

The Grey River Argus on the 29th of September, 1908 reported the following: “The vessel lost at Cape Portland was the Loch Finlas, bound from Port Pirie to Callao. Residents state that at about 9:30 O’Clock on Saturday morning, a barque was seen coming from the direction of Boobyalla Bay. She struck the reef and within half an hour had disappeared.” 

Ship Name: Loch Finlas 

Year Built: 1885

Tonnage: 2170 

Ship Type: Iron Hulled Barque

Nationality: United Kingdom 

Year Wrecked: 1908

Location Wrecked: A Reef on Foster Island, Australia

Reason for Wreck: Navigational Error in a Storm 

Lives Lost: 20 

Sources:  

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12668017?searchTerm=loch%20finlas%20lighthouse

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151928318?searchTerm=loch%20finlas

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/151931327?searchTerm=loch%20finlas

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19080929.2.55?end_date=01-01-1910&items_per_page=10&page=6&phrase=2&query=loch+finlas&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1908&type=ARTICLE%2CILLUSTRATION

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA19080929.2.5.7?end_date=01-01-1910&items_per_page=10&page=10&phrase=2&query=loch+finlas&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1908&type=ARTICLE%2CILLUSTRATION

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19080929.2.29?end_date=01-01-1910&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=loch+finlas&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1908&type=ARTICLE%2CILLUSTRATION

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/LT19081001.2.49?end_date=01-01-1910&items_per_page=10&phrase=2&query=loch+finlas&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1908&type=ARTICLE%2CILLUSTRATION

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10187382

https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/12651556

https://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/PRG+1373/6/2