Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Mermaid
Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Mermaid was a cutter built in 1897 and lost on 26/10/1914. Mermaid was on a fishing trip to Kangaroo Island in September 1905. The vessel had a crew of three men. The men were pulling cray pots off Cape Borda when the vessel was caught by winds under the cliffs. The Mermaid drifted onto the rocks and became a to
The oddity, explained
Why is Mermaid unusual?
Mermaid appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Mermaid was a cutter built in 1897 and lost on 26/10/1914. Mermaid was on a fishing trip to Kangaroo Island in September 1905. The vessel had a crew of three men. The men were pulling cray pots off Cape Borda when the vessel was caught by winds under the cliffs. The Mermaid drifted onto the rocks and became a to. 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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