Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Stranger

Wedge Island, South Australia

Stranger was a cutter built in 1884 and lost on 14/06/1898. Parted moorings during a heavy swell and strong easterly wind, drifted ashore, hit rock and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWedge Island, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1898
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Parted moorings during a heavy swell and strong easterly wind, drifted ashore, hit rock and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Stranger unusual?

Stranger appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Stranger was a cutter built in 1884 and lost on 14/06/1898. Parted moorings during a heavy swell and strong easterly wind, drifted ashore, hit rock and sank. 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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