Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Free Selector

Port Adelaide, Outer Harbor

Free Selector was a ketch built in 1875 and lost on 05/09/1942. Wrecked on the Breakwater at Outer Harbour. Vessel was patched and towed but it was decided that it was beyond repair, so the vessel was broken up.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationPort Adelaide, Outer Harbor
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1942
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Wrecked on the Breakwater at Outer Harbour. Vessel was patched and towed but it was decided that it was beyond repair, so the vessel was broken up.

The oddity, explained

Why is Free Selector unusual?

Free Selector appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Free Selector was a ketch built in 1875 and lost on 05/09/1942. Wrecked on the Breakwater at Outer Harbour. Vessel was patched and towed but it was decided that it was beyond repair, so the vessel was broken up. 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

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