Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Pioneer

Marion Bay, Yorke Pensinsula, South Australia

Pioneer was a dandy built in and lost on 24/07/1886. Went ashore during a gale and vessel broke up in surf.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMarion Bay, Yorke Pensinsula, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1886
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceDandy; Wood; Went ashore during a gale and vessel broke up in surf.

The oddity, explained

Why is Pioneer unusual?

Pioneer appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Pioneer was a dandy built in and lost on 24/07/1886. Went ashore during a gale and vessel broke up in surf. 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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