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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

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBetween Althorpes and Cape Forbin, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1892
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Iron; 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

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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.

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