Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Britannia

Shoalwater Point, Spencer Gulf, South Australia

Britannia was a ketch built in 1896 and lost on 09/03/1905. During heavy weather, the vessel took in water in and sank?

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationShoalwater Point, Spencer Gulf, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1905
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; During heavy weather, the vessel took in water in and sank?

The oddity, explained

Why is Britannia unusual?

Britannia appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Britannia was a ketch built in 1896 and lost on 09/03/1905. During heavy weather, the vessel took in water in 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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