Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Ferret

Waipinga Beach, west of Newland/Rosetta Head, near Victor Harbor, Backstairs Passage, South Australia

Ferret was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 23/12/1932. Capsized in a heavy squall, broke up and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationWaipinga Beach, west of Newland/Rosetta Head, near Victor Harbor, Backstairs Passage, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1932
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Capsized in a heavy squall, broke up and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Ferret unusual?

Ferret appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Ferret was a cutter built in 1900 and lost on 23/12/1932. Capsized in a heavy squall, broke up and sank. 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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