Maritime · Evidence-led place record

St. Nikolaos

Murat Bay, Ceduna

St. Nikolaos was a none built in 1963 and lost on 04/01/1979. Vessel caught fire in engine room, so it was towed to Horseshoe Sandbar, where it burnt to waterline and foundered. It was later dragged into the ‘turning basin’ at Murat Bay.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMurat Bay, Ceduna
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1979
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Wood; Vessel caught fire in engine room, so it was towed to Horseshoe Sandbar, where it burnt to waterline and foundered. It was later dragged into the ‘turning basin’ at Murat Bay.

The oddity, explained

Why is St. Nikolaos unusual?

St. Nikolaos appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as St. Nikolaos was a none built in 1963 and lost on 04/01/1979. Vessel caught fire in engine room, so it was towed to Horseshoe Sandbar, where it burnt to waterline and foundered. It was later dragged into the ‘turning basin’ at Murat Bay. 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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