Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Hobart
8 km west of Wirrina Cove, Yankalilla Bay, Gulf St. Vincent, South Australia
Hobart was a built in 09/01/1964 and lost on 05/11/2002. On Sunday 3 November 2002 the Hobart was towed to Yankalilla Bay from Port Adelaide by the motor tug Warren. It anchored off Wirrina Cove for last-minute preparations and was finally scuttled by controlled flooding on Tuesday 5th November. Explosives wer
The oddity, explained
Why is Hobart unusual?
Hobart appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Hobart was a built in 09/01/1964 and lost on 05/11/2002. On Sunday 3 November 2002 the Hobart was towed to Yankalilla Bay from Port Adelaide by the motor tug Warren. It anchored off Wirrina Cove for last-minute preparations and was finally scuttled by controlled flooding on Tuesday 5th November. Explosives wer. 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
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