Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Jeanette S

Near West Bay, Kangaroo Island

Jeanette S was a lugger built in 1913 and lost on 28/04/1966. Sprang a leak, was abandoned and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNear West Bay, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1966
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceLugger; Wood; Sprang a leak, was abandoned and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Jeanette S unusual?

Jeanette S appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Jeanette S was a lugger built in 1913 and lost on 28/04/1966. Sprang a leak, was abandoned and sank. 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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