Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Experiment

6 miles south of Althorpe Island, Investigator Strait, south of Inneston, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Experiment was a schooner built in 30/09/1874 and lost on 09/05/1881. Vessel overloaded, struck by a squall, capsized and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location6 miles south of Althorpe Island, Investigator Strait, south of Inneston, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1881
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Vessel overloaded, struck by a squall, capsized and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Experiment unusual?

Experiment appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Experiment was a schooner built in 30/09/1874 and lost on 09/05/1881. Vessel overloaded, struck by a squall, capsized and sank. 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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