Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Unknown

Fenelon Island, Possibly Near A Small Bay On The Ne Shore Of The Island.

Unknown was a unknown built in and lost on 08/05/1889. According to a report in the South Australian Register on 11 June 1889 a fishing vessel (name not reported), with ‘a fisherman and his boy, named respectively Lloyd and Arnold’ left Streaky Bay on a fishing voyage, probably in early May 1889. On 8 Ma

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationFenelon Island, Possibly Near A Small Bay On The Ne Shore Of The Island.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1889
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceUnknown; Wood; According to a report in the South Australian Register on 11 June 1889 a fishing vessel (name not reported), with ‘a fisherman and his boy, named respectively Lloyd and Arnold’ left Streaky Bay on a fishing voyage, probably in early May 1889. On 8 Ma

The oddity, explained

Why is Unknown unusual?

Unknown appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Unknown was a unknown built in and lost on 08/05/1889. According to a report in the South Australian Register on 11 June 1889 a fishing vessel (name not reported), with ‘a fisherman and his boy, named respectively Lloyd and Arnold’ left Streaky Bay on a fishing voyage, probably in early May 1889. On 8 Ma. 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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