Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Penguin
Off Waldegrave Island, near Elliston, South Australia
Penguin was a none built in 1968 and lost on 13/08/1973. Fire in engine room, burnt to the waterline, foundered and sank at 4:30 pm after being towed 2 miles by the Cape Byron.
The oddity, explained
Why is Penguin unusual?
Penguin appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Penguin was a none built in 1968 and lost on 13/08/1973. Fire in engine room, burnt to the waterline, foundered and sank at 4:30 pm after being towed 2 miles by the Cape Byron. 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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