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Unnamed

Bar At Entrance To Waterloo Bay

Unnamed was a none built in 1960 and lost on 29/03/1968. The seas were extremely rough and the vessel was broached by the waves on the dangerous bar and foundered. The vessel quickly broke up and wreckage from it was seen 7 and 14 miles south of Elliston.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBar At Entrance To Waterloo Bay
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1968
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Fibreglass; The seas were extremely rough and the vessel was broached by the waves on the dangerous bar and foundered. The vessel quickly broke up and wreckage from it was seen 7 and 14 miles south of Elliston.

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Why is Unnamed unusual?

Unnamed appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Unnamed was a none built in 1960 and lost on 29/03/1968. The seas were extremely rough and the vessel was broached by the waves on the dangerous bar and foundered. The vessel quickly broke up and wreckage from it was seen 7 and 14 miles south of Elliston. 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. Compare nearby records and the linked country or category collection to understand how this entry relates to places supported by the same governed evidence.

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