Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Master Jack

Cape Forbin, 10 kilometres from Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.

Master Jack was a built in 1965 and lost on 10/04/1984. The vessel was in trouble for two days before it was beached at the height of a storm. It had been en route, under tow by a Marine Industries tug, from Port Adelaide to Middlebank Reef in Spencer Gulf carrying a 16 tonne navigation beacon. The barge r

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCape Forbin, 10 kilometres from Cape Borda, Kangaroo Island, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1984
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSteel; The vessel was in trouble for two days before it was beached at the height of a storm. It had been en route, under tow by a Marine Industries tug, from Port Adelaide to Middlebank Reef in Spencer Gulf carrying a 16 tonne navigation beacon. The barge r

The oddity, explained

Why is Master Jack unusual?

Master Jack appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Master Jack was a built in 1965 and lost on 10/04/1984. The vessel was in trouble for two days before it was beached at the height of a storm. It had been en route, under tow by a Marine Industries tug, from Port Adelaide to Middlebank Reef in Spencer Gulf carrying a 16 tonne navigation beacon. The barge r. 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

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