Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Thunderbird

1 mile off Cape Jaffa Lighthouse

Thunderbird was a built in and lost on 10/09/1964. Prop fouled by cray float, engine stalled and vessel drifted onto reef.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location1 mile off Cape Jaffa Lighthouse
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1964
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Prop fouled by cray float, engine stalled and vessel drifted onto reef.

The oddity, explained

Why is Thunderbird unusual?

Thunderbird appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Thunderbird was a built in and lost on 10/09/1964. Prop fouled by cray float, engine stalled and vessel drifted onto reef. 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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