Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Unnamed

Laura Bay, SE of Ceduna

Unnamed was a cutter built in and lost on 1964. Sailing the fishing cutter at night into Laura Bay when it grounded on a reef at low tide on the west side of the bay. The vessel was holed and unable to be saved, soon breaking up from the pounding waves.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationLaura Bay, SE of Ceduna
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1964
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Sailing the fishing cutter at night into Laura Bay when it grounded on a reef at low tide on the west side of the bay. The vessel was holed and unable to be saved, soon breaking up from the pounding waves.

The oddity, explained

Why is Unnamed unusual?

Unnamed appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Unnamed was a cutter built in and lost on 1964. Sailing the fishing cutter at night into Laura Bay when it grounded on a reef at low tide on the west side of the bay. The vessel was holed and unable to be saved, soon breaking up from the pounding waves. 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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