Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Banshee

Wallaroo, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia

Banshee was a built in 1870 and lost on 16/12/1895. Parted moorings during a squall. The vessel went ashore on the 'slags' alongside the old jetty where it broke up.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWallaroo, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1895
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Parted moorings during a squall. The vessel went ashore on the 'slags' alongside the old jetty where it broke up.

The oddity, explained

Why is Banshee unusual?

Banshee appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Banshee was a built in 1870 and lost on 16/12/1895. Parted moorings during a squall. The vessel went ashore on the 'slags' alongside the old jetty where it broke up. 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

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