Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Lemael

8 miles south of Millicent, West Cape Banks

Lemael was a schooner built in 1892 and lost on 31/07/1921. Battered by a storm for days. Carried off its mainmast and left it helpless. Struck reef and beached.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location8 miles south of Millicent, West Cape Banks
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1921
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Battered by a storm for days. Carried off its mainmast and left it helpless. Struck reef and beached.

The oddity, explained

Why is Lemael unusual?

Lemael appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Lemael was a schooner built in 1892 and lost on 31/07/1921. Battered by a storm for days. Carried off its mainmast and left it helpless. Struck reef and beached. 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

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