Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Karen Ann

32 miles off Robe, South Australia

Karen Ann was a built in 1927 and lost on 28/12/1980. Sprang planks in heavy seas and sank.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location32 miles off Robe, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1980
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Sprang planks in heavy seas and sank.

The oddity, explained

Why is Karen Ann unusual?

Karen Ann appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Karen Ann was a built in 1927 and lost on 28/12/1980. Sprang planks in heavy seas and sank. 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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