Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Patsie

Port Victoria Bay (Head)

Patsie was a cutter built in and lost on 02/10/1928. On 2 October 1928 the fishing cutter Patsie was sheltering from high seas and gale-force winds in the lee of Point Pearce. Patsie's anchor cable parted and it was blown towards the head of the bay, north of Port Victoria. A portion of the wreck was found

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPort Victoria Bay (Head)
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1928
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; On 2 October 1928 the fishing cutter Patsie was sheltering from high seas and gale-force winds in the lee of Point Pearce. Patsie's anchor cable parted and it was blown towards the head of the bay, north of Port Victoria. A portion of the wreck was found

The oddity, explained

Why is Patsie unusual?

Patsie appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Patsie was a cutter built in and lost on 02/10/1928. On 2 October 1928 the fishing cutter Patsie was sheltering from high seas and gale-force winds in the lee of Point Pearce. Patsie's anchor cable parted and it was blown towards the head of the bay, north of Port Victoria. A portion of the wreck was found. 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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