Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Witness

1 mile SE of Cape Northumberland, apparently 6 miles from the J. Lovett wreck, South East Coast of South Australia.

Witness was a brigantine built in 1850 and lost on 01/05/1853. 10-10:30 pm driven off course by rough weather & went ashore

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location1 mile SE of Cape Northumberland, apparently 6 miles from the J. Lovett wreck, South East Coast of South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1853
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceBrigantine; Wood; 10-10:30 pm driven off course by rough weather & went ashore

The oddity, explained

Why is Witness unusual?

Witness appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Witness was a brigantine built in 1850 and lost on 01/05/1853. 10-10:30 pm driven off course by rough weather & went 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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