Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Magpie

North of Franklin Island, near Ceduna, South Australia

Magpie was a ketch built in 1928 and lost on 1994. Vessel was stripped and deliberately scuttled.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNorth of Franklin Island, near Ceduna, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1994
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Vessel was stripped and deliberately scuttled.

The oddity, explained

Why is Magpie unusual?

Magpie appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Magpie was a ketch built in 1928 and lost on 1994. Vessel was stripped and deliberately scuttled. 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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