Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Stormy Petrel

Cape Cassini, Kangaroo Island

Stormy Petrel was a yawl built in 1907 and lost on 21/12/1937. Poor visibility and a misunderstood command led to the vessel running aground.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationCape Cassini, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1937
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceYawl; Wood; Poor visibility and a misunderstood command led to the vessel running aground.

The oddity, explained

Why is Stormy Petrel unusual?

Stormy Petrel appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Stormy Petrel was a yawl built in 1907 and lost on 21/12/1937. Poor visibility and a misunderstood command led to the vessel running aground. 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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