Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Yulta
Point Turton, South Australia
Yulta was a none built in 06/09/1877 and lost on 29/05/1926. After being overhauled, Yulta departed Port Adelaide on 29 May 1926 on a voyage to Port Pire to replace the tug Nelcebee. While passing Corny Point, on the NW tip of Yorke Peninsula, in freshening northerly winds and heavy seas, the tug sprang a severe l
The oddity, explained
Why is Yulta unusual?
Yulta appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Yulta was a none built in 06/09/1877 and lost on 29/05/1926. After being overhauled, Yulta departed Port Adelaide on 29 May 1926 on a voyage to Port Pire to replace the tug Nelcebee. While passing Corny Point, on the NW tip of Yorke Peninsula, in freshening northerly winds and heavy seas, the tug sprang a severe l. 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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