Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Kapara

Byrant's Bay, Flinders Island, South Australia

Kapara was a schooner built in 24/01/1914 and lost on 13/11/1942. The S.S. Kapara left Port Adelaide on 11 November 1942, under the command of Captain C.H. Eickhoff, heading to Fowlers Bay and other ports on the far West Coast of South Australia. The vessel called into Althorpe Island and South Neptune Island, leaving

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationByrant's Bay, Flinders Island, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1942
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Steel; The S.S. Kapara left Port Adelaide on 11 November 1942, under the command of Captain C.H. Eickhoff, heading to Fowlers Bay and other ports on the far West Coast of South Australia. The vessel called into Althorpe Island and South Neptune Island, leaving

The oddity, explained

Why is Kapara unusual?

Kapara appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Kapara was a schooner built in 24/01/1914 and lost on 13/11/1942. The S.S. Kapara left Port Adelaide on 11 November 1942, under the command of Captain C.H. Eickhoff, heading to Fowlers Bay and other ports on the far West Coast of South Australia. The vessel called into Althorpe Island and South Neptune Island, leaving. 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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