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Seen on 27th April 2021, lying in her final resting place in the Garden Island Ships' Graveyard where she was abandoned in 1945.
Built in Methil, Scotland in 1856 by Henry Balfour and Company, the three-masted iron-hulled barque Santiago was originally built for the British - South American trade, but operated mainly between northern European ports as well as to destinations in the southern hemisphere before finishing her career as a lighter in Port Adelaide. She is the oldest vessel in the Garden Island Ships' Graveyard, and the last to be abandoned there, being towed to her final resting place in August 1945. She is considered the oldest intact iron hull sailing vessel in the world. In 1982, the Santiago was declared an historic shipwreck under the South Australian Historic Shipwrecks Act 1981.
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STAR OF INDIA is the oldest one still capable of sailing, but she wasn't built until 1863, so SANTIAGO still has her beat. I might add that the conditon of STAR OF INDIA wasn't significantly better than this when efforts began to restore her. It was long and slow, but she made it. Perhaps there's hope for SANTIAGO as well.
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