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Wrecked—Australia—limited edition

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Ship wreck with storm approaching in the background on the Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Image size 1020x570mm. Image by Theresa Hall. https://theresahallcom.wpcomstaging.com/

Ship wreck with storm approaching in the background on the Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, Queensland, Australia. Image size 1020x570mm. Image by Theresa Hall. https://theresahallcom.wpcomstaging.com/

Shipwreck as breakwater

Signed, limited edition print of shipwreck off Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef in Queensland, Australia.

HMCS (later HMAS) Protector was commissioned and purchased by the South Australian Government in 1884 for 65,000 pounds. She served in the Boxer Rebellion, WWI and WWII.

In July 1943 the US Army requisitioned her and on her way up to Papua New Guinea she collided with a tug boat off Gladstone. She was purchased for ten pounds and sunk off Heron Island as a breakwater.

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