Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Phyllis
Smoky Bay
Phyllis was a cutter built in and lost on 1948. In c.1948 the vessel foundered at its mooring south of the Smoky Bay jetty during a southwest gale and was driven ashore.
The oddity, explained
Why is Phyllis unusual?
Phyllis appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Phyllis was a cutter built in and lost on 1948. In c.1948 the vessel foundered at its mooring south of the Smoky Bay jetty during a southwest gale and was driven ashore. 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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