Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Monarch
Wardang Island, off Cliff Point, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.
Monarch was a schooner built in 1871 and lost on 06/04/1909. The schooner Monarch left Port Victoria at about 5am on 1 April 1909 bound for Warrens Beach at Cowell with a crew of six and no cargo. While trying to sail around the southern part of Wardang Island and head northwards, the vessel ‘missed stays’ (fa
The oddity, explained
Why is Monarch unusual?
Monarch appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Monarch was a schooner built in 1871 and lost on 06/04/1909. The schooner Monarch left Port Victoria at about 5am on 1 April 1909 bound for Warrens Beach at Cowell with a crew of six and no cargo. While trying to sail around the southern part of Wardang Island and head northwards, the vessel ‘missed stays’ (fa. 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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