Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Alpha
Rosetta Head
Alpha was a schooner built in 1844 and lost on 25/07/1847. Dragged anchors in northerly storm.
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationRosetta Head
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1847
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Dragged anchors in northerly storm.
The oddity, explained
Why is Alpha unusual?
Alpha appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Alpha was a schooner built in 1844 and lost on 25/07/1847. Dragged anchors in northerly storm. 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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