Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Star of Greece

Between Port Willunga and Blanche Point, Adelaide, South Australia.

Star of Greece was a ship built in 9/1868 and lost on 13/07/1888. On 12th July the vessel left Port Adelaide with 16,000 bags of wheat bound for the United Kingdom. The object was to pass through Backstairs Passage and Bass Strait and head for Queenstown in the UK via Cape Horn. At about 2:30am on Friday morning, th

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationBetween Port Willunga and Blanche Point, Adelaide, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1888
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceShip; Iron; On 12th July the vessel left Port Adelaide with 16,000 bags of wheat bound for the United Kingdom. The object was to pass through Backstairs Passage and Bass Strait and head for Queenstown in the UK via Cape Horn. At about 2:30am on Friday morning, th

The oddity, explained

Why is Star of Greece unusual?

Star of Greece appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Star of Greece was a ship built in 9/1868 and lost on 13/07/1888. On 12th July the vessel left Port Adelaide with 16,000 bags of wheat bound for the United Kingdom. The object was to pass through Backstairs Passage and Bass Strait and head for Queenstown in the UK via Cape Horn. At about 2:30am on Friday morning, th. 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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