Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Black Diamond

Wilberta Reef, Walrus Rocks, near Moonta Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.

Black Diamond was a built in 1864 and lost on 25/05/1872. With the crew losing their bearings, the vessel struck rocks, filled with water and broke up.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWilberta Reef, Walrus Rocks, near Moonta Bay, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1872
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceIron; With the crew losing their bearings, the vessel struck rocks, filled with water and broke up.

The oddity, explained

Why is Black Diamond unusual?

Black Diamond appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Black Diamond was a built in 1864 and lost on 25/05/1872. With the crew losing their bearings, the vessel struck rocks, filled with water and broke up. 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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