Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Spindrift
Port Le Hunte
Spindrift was a ketch built in 29/10/1873 and lost on 26/05/1927. Spindrift was engaged on the West Coast during April and May 1927, carrying wheat from Fowlers Bay to Thevenard, near Ceduna. On 26 May the vessel was returning in ballast to Fowlers Bay for another cargo of wheat when the master, Captain Andreas Braun,
The oddity, explained
Why is Spindrift unusual?
Spindrift appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Spindrift was a ketch built in 29/10/1873 and lost on 26/05/1927. Spindrift was engaged on the West Coast during April and May 1927, carrying wheat from Fowlers Bay to Thevenard, near Ceduna. On 26 May the vessel was returning in ballast to Fowlers Bay for another cargo of wheat when the master, Captain Andreas Braun,. 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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