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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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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. Compare nearby records and the linked country or category collection to understand how this entry relates to places supported by the same governed evidence.

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