Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Marion
Cable Hut Bay, 2 nautical miles north east of Cape Spencer, Innes National Park, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia
Marion was a built in 24/06/1854 and lost on 11/07/1862. “It’s a beautiful afternoon”, Captain Alex McCoy said to second mate Smith. “We’re in for a pleasant journey”. Had Captain McCoy been blessed with the benefit of foresight he wouldn’t have made that comment. They were, in fact, on a collisi
The oddity, explained
Why is Marion unusual?
Marion appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Marion was a built in 24/06/1854 and lost on 11/07/1862. “It’s a beautiful afternoon”, Captain Alex McCoy said to second mate Smith. “We’re in for a pleasant journey”. Had Captain McCoy been blessed with the benefit of foresight he wouldn’t have made that comment. They were, in fact, on a collisi. 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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