Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Astra
1 km west of Egg Island, 40 km offshore from Ceduna
Astra was a cutter built in 1967 and lost on 12/01/1981. The Port Lincoln-based cray fishing vessel Astra was operating in the St Francis Isles, about 40 km offshore from Ceduna, when it struck a submerged rock about midnight Sunday 11 January 1981, and began rapidly taking on water. The master, Anton Figl, ra
The oddity, explained
Why is Astra unusual?
Astra appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Astra was a cutter built in 1967 and lost on 12/01/1981. The Port Lincoln-based cray fishing vessel Astra was operating in the St Francis Isles, about 40 km offshore from Ceduna, when it struck a submerged rock about midnight Sunday 11 January 1981, and began rapidly taking on water. The master, Anton Figl, ra. 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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