Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Fanny

Near Cape Bernouilli, 30 miles east of Encounter Bay, south of Victor Harbor, South Australia.

Fanny was a schooner built in 1838 and lost on 21/06/1838. Driven ashore by SW gales.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNear Cape Bernouilli, 30 miles east of Encounter Bay, south of Victor Harbor, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1838
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Driven ashore by SW gales.

The oddity, explained

Why is Fanny unusual?

Fanny appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Fanny was a schooner built in 1838 and lost on 21/06/1838. Driven ashore by SW gales. 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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