Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Sir Wilfred Lawson
Gilbert Reef, SW of Port Moorowie, Southern Yorke Peninsula
Sir Wilfred Lawson was a ketch built in 01/12/1877 and lost on 20/03/1908. Navigational error caused the vessel to run ashore on reef and went to pieces after a storm a week later.
The oddity, explained
Why is Sir Wilfred Lawson unusual?
Sir Wilfred Lawson appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sir Wilfred Lawson was a ketch built in 01/12/1877 and lost on 20/03/1908. Navigational error caused the vessel to run ashore on reef and went to pieces after a storm a week later. 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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