Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Kate

Boston Island, near Port Lincoln, South Australia

Kate was a cutter built in and lost on 6/1844. Driven ashore after rescue attempt.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBoston Island, near Port Lincoln, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1844
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Driven ashore after rescue attempt.

The oddity, explained

Why is Kate unusual?

Kate appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Kate was a cutter built in and lost on 6/1844. Driven ashore after rescue attempt. 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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