Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Jenalane

Fowlers Bay

Jenalane was a none built in and lost on 1969. In 1969 Jenalane broke from its moorings in a storm and foundered after striking the Fowlers Bay jetty. The vessel was subsequently raised and deliberately scuttled in deeper water in the bay.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationFowlers Bay
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1969
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Wood; In 1969 Jenalane broke from its moorings in a storm and foundered after striking the Fowlers Bay jetty. The vessel was subsequently raised and deliberately scuttled in deeper water in the bay.

The oddity, explained

Why is Jenalane unusual?

Jenalane appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Jenalane was a none built in and lost on 1969. In 1969 Jenalane broke from its moorings in a storm and foundered after striking the Fowlers Bay jetty. The vessel was subsequently raised and deliberately scuttled in deeper water in the bay. Heritage Atlas treats that specific classification-and-description combination as the oddity; the score is a comparative discovery signal, not proof of mystery or the supernatural.

Evidence and further exploration

The coordinate, category and description remain tied to the cited source. Comparative oddness helps discovery; it does not add facts that the source does not provide.

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