Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Farid Fares

130 nm south of Kangaroo Island

Farid Fares was a none built in 1950 and lost on 28/03/1980. While on route from northern Tasmania to the Persian Gulf, a fire broke out in the engine room of the vessel, burning so intensely that the metal plates began buckling after about 10 minutes. The fire spread rapidly and about an hour after the fire start

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location130 nm south of Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1980
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceNone; Steel; While on route from northern Tasmania to the Persian Gulf, a fire broke out in the engine room of the vessel, burning so intensely that the metal plates began buckling after about 10 minutes. The fire spread rapidly and about an hour after the fire start

The oddity, explained

Why is Farid Fares unusual?

Farid Fares appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Farid Fares was a none built in 1950 and lost on 28/03/1980. While on route from northern Tasmania to the Persian Gulf, a fire broke out in the engine room of the vessel, burning so intensely that the metal plates began buckling after about 10 minutes. The fire spread rapidly and about an hour after the fire start. 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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