Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Sultana
Cape Dombey, off Cape Lannes, near Robe, South Australia.
Sultana was a barque built in 1849 and lost on 27/04/1857. When the barque Sultana left Hong Kong, in either January or February 1857, it carried a general cargo and 400 Chinese passengers en route to Robe. During the voyage, the Captain died, and the vessel was left in charge of the mate, Mr. Garnett. On 27
The oddity, explained
Why is Sultana unusual?
Sultana appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Sultana was a barque built in 1849 and lost on 27/04/1857. When the barque Sultana left Hong Kong, in either January or February 1857, it carried a general cargo and 400 Chinese passengers en route to Robe. During the voyage, the Captain died, and the vessel was left in charge of the mate, Mr. Garnett. On 27. 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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