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Another sea mystery
A diving party from the Suva-based salvage ship Sal mar has found a previously unknown sailing ship wreck near the Solo lighthouse in the North Astrolabe lagoon of Kadavu s The diving party consisted of four Americans—Pat and Howard Ruweler of California and Cynthia and Jim Colt of Oregon—and co-owners of the Salmar, lan Lockley and Neville Garrick.
They were on a seven-day diving trip in the Astrolabe when Mrs. Ruweler spotted debris from the ship in 45 ft of water. According to Jim
Colt, the ship must have been “a good sized one, probably a century or so old.” . f . , H - T be °f the ship had " t , egrated > but th ® fivers round worm-eaten oak dead
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Last year the Salmar’s owners found the wreck of a steel-hulled sailing ship off the reef at Vatoa in southern Lau. The wreck is still unidentified.