Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Enterprise
Between Althorpes and Cape Forbin, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Enterprise was a ketch built in 1883 and lost on 06/03/1892. In early March 1892, Enterprise left Port Augusta bound for Port Adelaide with a cargo of 676 bags of wheat. The vessel was in mid-channel, between Althorpe Island and Cape Forbin on Kangaroo Island, when it sprang a leak at Midday on 6 March 1892. A
The oddity, explained
Why is Enterprise unusual?
Enterprise appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Enterprise was a ketch built in 1883 and lost on 06/03/1892. In early March 1892, Enterprise left Port Augusta bound for Port Adelaide with a cargo of 676 bags of wheat. The vessel was in mid-channel, between Althorpe Island and Cape Forbin on Kangaroo Island, when it sprang a leak at Midday on 6 March 1892. A. 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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