Maritime · Evidence-led place record
St. Kevin
7 miles west of Point Sinclair, south of Penong
St. Kevin was a built in 1968 and lost on 30/09/1971. In September 1971 St Kevin, skippered by Robert J. Lakey of Portland, and with one deckhand, was on a voyage from Esperance to Streaky Bay to undergo an overhaul before commencing to fish in SA waters. While off Eucla, in the Great Australian Bight, the
The oddity, explained
Why is St. Kevin unusual?
St. Kevin appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as St. Kevin was a built in 1968 and lost on 30/09/1971. In September 1971 St Kevin, skippered by Robert J. Lakey of Portland, and with one deckhand, was on a voyage from Esperance to Streaky Bay to undergo an overhaul before commencing to fish in SA waters. While off Eucla, in the Great Australian Bight, the. 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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