Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Exocett II
Golden Island, south of Point Avoid, near Coffin Bay
Exocett II was a none built in 1987 and lost on 16/03/1991. On 16 March 1991, Exocett II was swamped by a wave and sank in 12 m of water, about 500 m off Golden Island, south of Point Avoid, near Coffin Bay, SA. The owner and his son, who were on board at the time, managed to swim to safety.
The oddity, explained
Why is Exocett II unusual?
Exocett II appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Exocett II was a none built in 1987 and lost on 16/03/1991. On 16 March 1991, Exocett II was swamped by a wave and sank in 12 m of water, about 500 m off Golden Island, south of Point Avoid, near Coffin Bay, SA. The owner and his son, who were on board at the time, managed to swim to safety. 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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