Maritime · Evidence-led place record
John Leslie Griffiths (J.L. Griffiths)
SE of Kangaroo Island, possibly off Cape Northumberland
John Leslie Griffiths (J.L. Griffiths) was a barque built in 29/06/1876 and lost on 9/1880. On 17 September 1880, the barque J.L. Griffiths departed Port Adelaide bound for the Don River, Tasmania, under the command of Capt. Daniel Brown and with a crew of seven men. The barque left Port Adelaide in company with the brigantine Swordfish (Capt.
The oddity, explained
Why is John Leslie Griffiths (J.L. Griffiths) unusual?
John Leslie Griffiths (J.L. Griffiths) appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as John Leslie Griffiths (J.L. Griffiths) was a barque built in 29/06/1876 and lost on 9/1880. On 17 September 1880, the barque J.L. Griffiths departed Port Adelaide bound for the Don River, Tasmania, under the command of Capt. Daniel Brown and with a crew of seven men. The barque left Port Adelaide in company with the brigantine Swordfish (Capt. 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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