Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Phaeton
Guichen Bay, 3 miles east of Boatswains Point, South East coast of South Australia.
Phaeton was a ship built in 11/1853 and lost on 01/02/1857. On 10 December 1856, under the command of Captain W. Morrison, Phaeton left Hong Kong for Robe, with a general cargo and 260 Chinese passengers. The vessel, making only her second voyage, was described as a fine American clipper ship. The Captain, whose
The oddity, explained
Why is Phaeton unusual?
Phaeton appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Phaeton was a ship built in 11/1853 and lost on 01/02/1857. On 10 December 1856, under the command of Captain W. Morrison, Phaeton left Hong Kong for Robe, with a general cargo and 260 Chinese passengers. The vessel, making only her second voyage, was described as a fine American clipper ship. The Captain, whose. 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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