Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Victory

Approximately 14 miles off Cape Blanche, South Australia

Victory was a cutter built in and lost on 13/05/1981. On the morning of 12 May 1981, while on its delivery voyage from Ceduna to Port Adelaide under the new ownership of W.R. Farrand, Victory got into difficulties about 40 miles off Cape Radstock. The two crew transmitted a distress call stating the vessel

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationApproximately 14 miles off Cape Blanche, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1981
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; On the morning of 12 May 1981, while on its delivery voyage from Ceduna to Port Adelaide under the new ownership of W.R. Farrand, Victory got into difficulties about 40 miles off Cape Radstock. The two crew transmitted a distress call stating the vessel

The oddity, explained

Why is Victory unusual?

Victory appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Victory was a cutter built in and lost on 13/05/1981. On the morning of 12 May 1981, while on its delivery voyage from Ceduna to Port Adelaide under the new ownership of W.R. Farrand, Victory got into difficulties about 40 miles off Cape Radstock. The two crew transmitted a distress call stating the vessel. 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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