Maritime · Evidence-led place record
John Ormerod
Off Cape Northumberland
John Ormerod was a brig built in 1826 and lost on 22/01/1861. Struck by squall, capsized, drifted to Cape Northumberland and broke up.
The oddity, explained
Why is John Ormerod unusual?
John Ormerod appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as John Ormerod was a brig built in 1826 and lost on 22/01/1861. Struck by squall, capsized, drifted to Cape Northumberland 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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