Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Elizabeth

Whiting Point, 3 miles below Torrens Island.

Elizabeth was a cutter built in and lost on 9/1871. Swamped and foundered, presumably during a storm. Found drifting offshore, submerged with only its mast above water.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWhiting Point, 3 miles below Torrens Island.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1871
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Swamped and foundered, presumably during a storm. Found drifting offshore, submerged with only its mast above water.

The oddity, explained

Why is Elizabeth unusual?

Elizabeth appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Elizabeth was a cutter built in and lost on 9/1871. Swamped and foundered, presumably during a storm. Found drifting offshore, submerged with only its mast above water. 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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