Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Smada
The Cabbage Patch, 40 miles SW of Port Lincoln
Smada was a none built in 1958 and lost on 07/02/1963. Smada had been tuna fishing at The Cabbage Patch, about 40 miles southwest of Port Lincoln, when it reported by radio to Port Lincoln at 4.35pm on 7 February 1963 that it had several tons of tuna and would arrive at Port Lincoln about midnight. However,
The oddity, explained
Why is Smada unusual?
Smada appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Smada was a none built in 1958 and lost on 07/02/1963. Smada had been tuna fishing at The Cabbage Patch, about 40 miles southwest of Port Lincoln, when it reported by radio to Port Lincoln at 4.35pm on 7 February 1963 that it had several tons of tuna and would arrive at Port Lincoln about midnight. However,. 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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