Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Jane Flaxman
Near Semaphore, South Australia
Jane Flaxman was a cutter built in 1839 and lost on 02/05/1850. On Thursday 2 May 1850, the vessel made sail past the Outer Harbor lightship and at sundown was observed far to the west. At about 3 pm the following afternoon the vessel was seen to b drifting on its side towards the beach with no signs of life aboard.
The oddity, explained
Why is Jane Flaxman unusual?
Jane Flaxman appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Jane Flaxman was a cutter built in 1839 and lost on 02/05/1850. On Thursday 2 May 1850, the vessel made sail past the Outer Harbor lightship and at sundown was observed far to the west. At about 3 pm the following afternoon the vessel was seen to b drifting on its side towards the beach with no signs of life aboard. 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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