Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Flinders

Port Macdonnell, near Cress Creek, South East Coast of South Australia.

Flinders was a schooner built in 1863 and lost on 29/06/1873. Sprang a leak, vessel ran ashore and broke up.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPort Macdonnell, near Cress Creek, South East Coast of South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1873
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Sprang a leak, vessel ran ashore and broke up.

The oddity, explained

Why is Flinders unusual?

Flinders appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Flinders was a schooner built in 1863 and lost on 29/06/1873. Sprang a leak, vessel ran ashore and broke up. 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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