Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Robbie Burns
Corny Point, Spencer Gulf
Robbie Burns was a built in 1904 and lost on 17/08/1939. The barge had been used in the construction of Baltic Wharf at Port Pirie during the late 1930s. During a voyage under tow by the pilot launch Sir Wallace Bruce from Port Pirie to Port Adelaide, the barge sank in a storm after breaking adrift.
The oddity, explained
Why is Robbie Burns unusual?
Robbie Burns appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Robbie Burns was a built in 1904 and lost on 17/08/1939. The barge had been used in the construction of Baltic Wharf at Port Pirie during the late 1930s. During a voyage under tow by the pilot launch Sir Wallace Bruce from Port Pirie to Port Adelaide, the barge sank in a storm after breaking adrift. 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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