Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Charles Francis

Off Sibsey Island, south of Port Lincoln, South Australia

Charles Francis was a sloop built in 1948 and lost on 09/09/1978. Ran aground due to navigational error.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationOff Sibsey Island, south of Port Lincoln, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1978
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSloop; Wood; Ran aground due to navigational error.

The oddity, explained

Why is Charles Francis unusual?

Charles Francis appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Charles Francis was a sloop built in 1948 and lost on 09/09/1978. Ran aground due to navigational error. 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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