Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Ferret

Reef Head, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula.

Ferret was a built in 18/11/1871 and lost on 14/11/1920. On the afternoon of 13 November 1920 the S.S. Ferret under the command of Captain Blair left Port Adelaide for Port Victoria with a cargo of beer, wine, whiskey, timber, petrol, engines, bricks, iron and other sundries. At about 3am the following morning

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationReef Head, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1920
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceIron; On the afternoon of 13 November 1920 the S.S. Ferret under the command of Captain Blair left Port Adelaide for Port Victoria with a cargo of beer, wine, whiskey, timber, petrol, engines, bricks, iron and other sundries. At about 3am the following morning

The oddity, explained

Why is Ferret unusual?

Ferret appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Ferret was a built in 18/11/1871 and lost on 14/11/1920. On the afternoon of 13 November 1920 the S.S. Ferret under the command of Captain Blair left Port Adelaide for Port Victoria with a cargo of beer, wine, whiskey, timber, petrol, engines, bricks, iron and other sundries. At about 3am the following morning. 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

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