Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Young Surveyor

5 miles west of Long Spit Buoy

Young Surveyor was a ketch built in 1871 and lost on 02/11/1899. Sprang a leak and sank in 10 fathoms.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location5 miles west of Long Spit Buoy
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1899
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Sprang a leak and sank in 10 fathoms.

The oddity, explained

Why is Young Surveyor unusual?

Young Surveyor appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Young Surveyor was a ketch built in 1871 and lost on 02/11/1899. Sprang a leak and sank in 10 fathoms. 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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