Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Sylvia

Port Lincoln, Boston Bay, 1 mile offshore

Sylvia was a cutter built in and lost on 29/08/1937. Collision with Iron Monarch, sank in 90 ft of water.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPort Lincoln, Boston Bay, 1 mile offshore
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1937
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Collision with Iron Monarch, sank in 90 ft of water.

The oddity, explained

Why is Sylvia unusual?

Sylvia appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sylvia was a cutter built in and lost on 29/08/1937. Collision with Iron Monarch, sank in 90 ft of water. 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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