Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Helena
Wittelbee Point, approximately 15 km SE of Ceduna
Helena was a ketch built in 12/1875 and lost on 04/09/1925. According to William Clarke’s reminiscences, Helena, with Clarke and his wife aboard, was sailing from St Peter Island to Decrees Bay to unload about 200 sheep which were in the hold, and another 80 which were on a large cargo boat being towed. The Hel
The oddity, explained
Why is Helena unusual?
Helena appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Helena was a ketch built in 12/1875 and lost on 04/09/1925. According to William Clarke’s reminiscences, Helena, with Clarke and his wife aboard, was sailing from St Peter Island to Decrees Bay to unload about 200 sheep which were in the hold, and another 80 which were on a large cargo boat being towed. The Hel. 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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