Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Loch Sloy

Maupertuis Bay, Kangaroo Island

Loch Sloy was a barque built in 06/11/1877 and lost on 24/04/1899. Loch Sloy left Glasgow on the 5 January 1899 bound for Port Adelaide. At 4am on the 24 April 1899 the watch was called on deck. The vessel was travelling at ten or eleven knots. Land was visible about three kilometres away. The vessel was braced up on th

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMaupertuis Bay, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1899
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceBarque; Iron; Loch Sloy left Glasgow on the 5 January 1899 bound for Port Adelaide. At 4am on the 24 April 1899 the watch was called on deck. The vessel was travelling at ten or eleven knots. Land was visible about three kilometres away. The vessel was braced up on th

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Why is Loch Sloy unusual?

Loch Sloy appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Loch Sloy was a barque built in 06/11/1877 and lost on 24/04/1899. Loch Sloy left Glasgow on the 5 January 1899 bound for Port Adelaide. At 4am on the 24 April 1899 the watch was called on deck. The vessel was travelling at ten or eleven knots. Land was visible about three kilometres away. The vessel was braced up on th. 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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