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Stockton Beach is located north of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia. It is 32 km (20 mi) long and stretches from Stockton, to Anna Bay. Over many years Stockton Beach has been the site of numerous shipwrecks and aircraft crashes. In World War II it was fortified against a possible attack by Imperial Japanese forces. [1]
Southern end of Stockton Beach from Shipwreck walk. Stockton Beach is 32 km (20 mi) long, stretching from Stockton in the south to Anna Bay at its north-eastern end. In some areas it is as much as 1 km wide and has sand dunes over 30 metres high although at the Stockton end it is at its narrowest.
The Adolphe was a sailing ship that was wrecked at the mouth of the Hunter River in New South Wales, Australia, in 1904.The ship is now the most prominent of several wrecks on what is now the Stockton breakwall, which protects Newcastle harbour.
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MV Sygna was a Norwegian bulk carrier built by Austin & Pickersgill for J. Ludwig Mowinckels Rederi in 1967. It ran aground on Stockton Beach in Australia during a major storm in 1974.
The Stockton Ship Channel is a dredged and partially straightened section of the San Joaquin River cutting directly through the Delta from the Port of Stockton to the San Joaquin's confluence with the Sacramento near Antioch. [citation needed]
A sloop that was run aground by convicts at Stockton Beach: Oakland New South Wales: 27 May 1903 A small coaster, foundered off Cabbage Tree Island in storm, 11 lives lost HMAS Olive Cam Royal Australian Navy: 2 November 1954
The HMS Endeavour was a British Royal Navy vessel sailed by Captain Cook in 1778 during the American War of Independence