Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Xarifa

Glenelg Jetty

Xarifa was a built in and lost on 11/01/1924. Yacht was anchored south of the Glenelg jetty. A heavy sea was running due to a strong south westerly. At about 6 pm the yacht broke away from its moorings, hit the centre steps of the jetty, and capsized. The waves were too high to save it.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationGlenelg Jetty
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1924
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Yacht was anchored south of the Glenelg jetty. A heavy sea was running due to a strong south westerly. At about 6 pm the yacht broke away from its moorings, hit the centre steps of the jetty, and capsized. The waves were too high to save it.

The oddity, explained

Why is Xarifa unusual?

Xarifa appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Xarifa was a built in and lost on 11/01/1924. Yacht was anchored south of the Glenelg jetty. A heavy sea was running due to a strong south westerly. At about 6 pm the yacht broke away from its moorings, hit the centre steps of the jetty, and capsized. The waves were too high to save it. 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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