Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Wave Queen

2 miles NE of jetty at Southend in Rivoli Bay

Wave Queen was a barque built in 7/1861 and lost on 06/09/1874. Parted from cables and driven ashore.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location2 miles NE of jetty at Southend in Rivoli Bay
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1874
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceBarque; Wood; Parted from cables and driven ashore.

The oddity, explained

Why is Wave Queen unusual?

Wave Queen appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Wave Queen was a barque built in 7/1861 and lost on 06/09/1874. Parted from cables and driven ashore. 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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