Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Florence

Drummond Point, south end of Hall Bay, north of Coffin Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia

Florence was a cutter built in and lost on 16/07/1961. The shark fishing vessel Florence left Morgan’s Landing inside Point Sir Isaac, Coffin Bay, on the evening of Saturday 15 July 1961 heading for Cap Island, about 30 miles to the north. On Sunday 16 July, while just off Drummond Point, north of Coffin B

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationDrummond Point, south end of Hall Bay, north of Coffin Bay, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1961
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; The shark fishing vessel Florence left Morgan’s Landing inside Point Sir Isaac, Coffin Bay, on the evening of Saturday 15 July 1961 heading for Cap Island, about 30 miles to the north. On Sunday 16 July, while just off Drummond Point, north of Coffin B

The oddity, explained

Why is Florence unusual?

Florence appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Florence was a cutter built in and lost on 16/07/1961. The shark fishing vessel Florence left Morgan’s Landing inside Point Sir Isaac, Coffin Bay, on the evening of Saturday 15 July 1961 heading for Cap Island, about 30 miles to the north. On Sunday 16 July, while just off Drummond Point, north of Coffin B. 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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