Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Young Hebe

20 miles east of Cape Spencer

Young Hebe was a schooner built in 1840 and lost on 3/1849. Unknown. Thought to have struck rocks. Wreck found partially above water so cause of deaths unknown.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location20 miles east of Cape Spencer
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1849
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Unknown. Thought to have struck rocks. Wreck found partially above water so cause of deaths unknown.

The oddity, explained

Why is Young Hebe unusual?

Young Hebe appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Young Hebe was a schooner built in 1840 and lost on 3/1849. Unknown. Thought to have struck rocks. Wreck found partially above water so cause of deaths unknown. 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.

Inspect the original evidence source ↗