Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Bronwyn
South of Rocky Island, north of Coffin Bay, West Coast of South Australia
Bronwyn was a cutter built in 1972 and lost on 09/11/1988. The fishing vessel Bronwyn, from Port Lincoln, was netting for sharks about 14 miles south of Rocky Island, in company with the fishing vessels Kalinda and Osijek, on the evening of 9 November 1988. When Bronwyn’s nets had been set and the anchor dropp
The oddity, explained
Why is Bronwyn unusual?
Bronwyn appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Bronwyn was a cutter built in 1972 and lost on 09/11/1988. The fishing vessel Bronwyn, from Port Lincoln, was netting for sharks about 14 miles south of Rocky Island, in company with the fishing vessels Kalinda and Osijek, on the evening of 9 November 1988. When Bronwyn’s nets had been set and the anchor dropp. 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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