Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Albemarle

Millewa Creek entrance.

Albemarle was a built in 1884 and lost on 1932. Sunk at moorings and abandoned upstream from Lock 5. Possibly wrecked at Renmark? Abandoned 54 miles upstream from Lock 5 in 1931.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMillewa Creek entrance.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1932
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceComposite; Sunk at moorings and abandoned upstream from Lock 5. Possibly wrecked at Renmark? Abandoned 54 miles upstream from Lock 5 in 1931.

The oddity, explained

Why is Albemarle unusual?

Albemarle appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Albemarle was a built in 1884 and lost on 1932. Sunk at moorings and abandoned upstream from Lock 5. Possibly wrecked at Renmark? Abandoned 54 miles upstream from Lock 5 in 1931. 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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