Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Flying Cloud
Near Carpenters Rocks, South East
Flying Cloud was a brig built in 1867 and lost on 04/04/1870. Flying Cloud was on a voyage from Adelaide to Melbourne, with a cargo of sugar, when it went ashore in thick weather because of misplaced bearings. All crew and passengers got ashore safely in the boats.
The oddity, explained
Why is Flying Cloud unusual?
Flying Cloud appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Flying Cloud was a brig built in 1867 and lost on 04/04/1870. Flying Cloud was on a voyage from Adelaide to Melbourne, with a cargo of sugar, when it went ashore in thick weather because of misplaced bearings. All crew and passengers got ashore safely in the boats. 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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