Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Young Foster

Outer Harbor, Silt Grounds

Young Foster was a ketch built in 1882 and lost on 21/10/1919. Sprang a leak, took in water and sank, later abandoned.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationOuter Harbor, Silt Grounds
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1919
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Sprang a leak, took in water and sank, later abandoned.

The oddity, explained

Why is Young Foster unusual?

Young Foster appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Young Foster was a ketch built in 1882 and lost on 21/10/1919. Sprang a leak, took in water and sank, later abandoned. 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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