Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Cecelia

5-10 m offshore, 200 m NNE of Port Le Hunte Jetty (Pt. Sinclair), Cactus Beach? 16 km from Penong

Cecelia was a ketch built in 1873 and lost on 04/10/1946. Grounded during storm and wrecked.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location5-10 m offshore, 200 m NNE of Port Le Hunte Jetty (Pt. Sinclair), Cactus Beach? 16 km from Penong
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1946
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceKetch; Wood; Grounded during storm and wrecked.

The oddity, explained

Why is Cecelia unusual?

Cecelia appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Cecelia was a ketch built in 1873 and lost on 04/10/1946. Grounded during storm and wrecked. 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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