Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Victor
400 m NW side of Balgowan Boat Ramp, southern side of jetty, Yorke Peninsula
Victor was a ketch built in 28/07/1874 and lost on 03/01/1925. As sails were being hoisted a wind gust swung the vessel onto the reef. The vessel listed to port and sank.
The oddity, explained
Why is Victor unusual?
Victor appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Victor was a ketch built in 28/07/1874 and lost on 03/01/1925. As sails were being hoisted a wind gust swung the vessel onto the reef. The vessel listed to port 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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