Sygna Wreck The Sygna, a Norwegian ship was wrecked during extreme weather in 1974, while waiting to load coal from Newcastle, Australia. Windspeeds in excess of 165 Km/h, due to a low pressure that resembled a cyclone but technically wasn't (accorrding to the Bureau of Meteorology) , caused the ship to run aground. index main index All images Copyright Ken Beath and may not be used without permission.