Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Grecian
Outer Harbor, Gulf St Vincent. 7 km NW of Port Adelaide. 1/4 mile SSE from the end of the southern breakwater
Grecian was a barque built in 1841 and lost on 13/10/1850. Grecian sailed from The Downs, England, on 15 June 1850, and left Lands End on 18 June. The voyage was free from bad weather throughout, and the vessel made the journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Leeuwin in 20 days. On arriving at the mouth of th
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Why is Grecian unusual?
Grecian appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Grecian was a barque built in 1841 and lost on 13/10/1850. Grecian sailed from The Downs, England, on 15 June 1850, and left Lands End on 18 June. The voyage was free from bad weather throughout, and the vessel made the journey from the Cape of Good Hope to Cape Leeuwin in 20 days. On arriving at the mouth of 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.
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