Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Wippah

Hospital Beach, Murat Bay, Ceduna

Wippah was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 1972. In c.1972 Wippah sank at the Ceduna jetty in Murat bay after damaging its sternpost but was subsequently raised and repaired. Shortly after this it broke away from its moorings in Murat Bay during a storm and was driven ashore and wrecked at Hospital Bea

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationHospital Beach, Murat Bay, Ceduna
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1972
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; In c.1972 Wippah sank at the Ceduna jetty in Murat bay after damaging its sternpost but was subsequently raised and repaired. Shortly after this it broke away from its moorings in Murat Bay during a storm and was driven ashore and wrecked at Hospital Bea

The oddity, explained

Why is Wippah unusual?

Wippah appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Wippah was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 1972. In c.1972 Wippah sank at the Ceduna jetty in Murat bay after damaging its sternpost but was subsequently raised and repaired. Shortly after this it broke away from its moorings in Murat Bay during a storm and was driven ashore and wrecked at Hospital Bea. 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

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