Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Brittania

Cape Kersaint, off Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia

Brittania was a sloop built in 1907 and lost on 25/04/1981. Motor stopped. Vessel was swept onto rocks and wrecked before a tow arrived.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCape Kersaint, off Vivonne Bay, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1981
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSloop; Wood; Motor stopped. Vessel was swept onto rocks and wrecked before a tow arrived.

The oddity, explained

Why is Brittania unusual?

Brittania appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Brittania was a sloop built in 1907 and lost on 25/04/1981. Motor stopped. Vessel was swept onto rocks and wrecked before a tow arrived. 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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