''Frances'' was a cutter built in 1839 at Encounter Bay,

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. It was wrecked on South Neptune Island on 29 August 1840.Frances
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. Retrieved 3 July 2012. It was reported that the crew survived the wrecking event, came ashore and survived on a diet of penguin for 50 days before sending 2 people in a dinghy to Port Lincoln to seek help. Those remaining at South Neptune Island were subsequently rescued. While the wreck site is protected by the Commonwealth ''

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'' and its location is recorded as being at , as of 2004 it had not been found.Baker, J. L. (2004), ''Towards a System of Ecologically Representative Marine Protected Areas in South Australian Marine Bioregions - Technical Report''. Prepared for Coast and Marine Conservation Branch, Department for Environment and Heritage, South Australia. page 74, a

retrieved 21 July 2012.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Frances (1839) Shipwrecks of South Australia Maritime incidents in August 1840 1839 ships

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