Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Post Boy

Arno Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Post Boy was a schooner built in 1874 and lost on 22/10/1905. Dragged anchor during a squall and broke up on the beach.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationArno Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1905
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Dragged anchor during a squall and broke up on the beach.

The oddity, explained

Why is Post Boy unusual?

Post Boy appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Post Boy was a schooner built in 1874 and lost on 22/10/1905. Dragged anchor during a squall and broke up on the beach. 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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