Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Corsair
Smoky Bay, West Coast of South Australia.
Corsair was a ketch built in 1938 and lost on 11/04/1948. During a storm on 11 April 1948 the Corsair was driven ashore from its mooring to the ‘Shell Pit’ area south-east of the Smoky Bay jetty and soon broke up. Shortly after its loss the lead keel was salvaged from the vessel. The same storm was also res
The oddity, explained
Why is Corsair unusual?
Corsair appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Corsair was a ketch built in 1938 and lost on 11/04/1948. During a storm on 11 April 1948 the Corsair was driven ashore from its mooring to the ‘Shell Pit’ area south-east of the Smoky Bay jetty and soon broke up. Shortly after its loss the lead keel was salvaged from the vessel. The same storm was also res. 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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