Maritime · Evidence-led place record
John Robb
Off Wonga Shoal Light Beacon (Grg) St. Vincents Gulf (P)
John Robb was a ketch built in 1879 and lost on 24/04/1954. Collision with the 134-ton tug Falcon. The tug was towing a barge filled with 700 tons of rock from Klein's Point to Birkenhead (Port Adelaide) for the Adelaide Cement Company. The impact occurred between the port side of Falcon and the starboard side of
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Why is John Robb unusual?
John Robb appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as John Robb was a ketch built in 1879 and lost on 24/04/1954. Collision with the 134-ton tug Falcon. The tug was towing a barge filled with 700 tons of rock from Klein's Point to Birkenhead (Port Adelaide) for the Adelaide Cement Company. The impact occurred between the port side of Falcon and the starboard side of. 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. Compare nearby records and the linked country or category collection to understand how this entry relates to places supported by the same governed evidence.
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