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
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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