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Brothers

Cape Cassini, near Kingscote, Kangaroo Island.

Brothers was a cutter built in 1880 and lost on 13/06/1911. The cutter chafed through the anchor line while the crew slept. When the crew woke up the vessel had drifted to within metres of the reefs off Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island. The crew managed to hoist the mainsail but the swell caught the vessel and dashe

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCape Cassini, near Kingscote, Kangaroo Island.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1911
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; The cutter chafed through the anchor line while the crew slept. When the crew woke up the vessel had drifted to within metres of the reefs off Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island. The crew managed to hoist the mainsail but the swell caught the vessel and dashe

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Why is Brothers unusual?

Brothers appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Brothers was a cutter built in 1880 and lost on 13/06/1911. The cutter chafed through the anchor line while the crew slept. When the crew woke up the vessel had drifted to within metres of the reefs off Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island. The crew managed to hoist the mainsail but the swell caught the vessel and dashe. 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. Compare nearby records and the linked country or category collection to understand how this entry relates to places supported by the same governed evidence.

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