Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Sea Hawk

Approx. 10 miles NW of St Francis Island

Sea Hawk was a none built in 1967 and lost on 19/01/1975. Vessel caught fire in the engine room, and was abandoned soon after. The vessel was taken under tow, but capsized and sank the next day.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationApprox. 10 miles NW of St Francis Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1975
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Steel; Vessel caught fire in the engine room, and was abandoned soon after. The vessel was taken under tow, but capsized and sank the next day.

The oddity, explained

Why is Sea Hawk unusual?

Sea Hawk appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sea Hawk was a none built in 1967 and lost on 19/01/1975. Vessel caught fire in the engine room, and was abandoned soon after. The vessel was taken under tow, but capsized and sank the next day. 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

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