Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Lapwing
Port Elliot, South Australia.
Lapwing was a ketch built in 1808 and lost on 06/09/1856. By 5 September 1856 Lapwing had been in Horseshoe Bay 23 days, having discharged ‘sundry stores for the settlers’ and taken on a cargo of 102 bags of wheat and timber for the return voyage. The vessel was laid to at the outer moorings. During this
The oddity, explained
Why is Lapwing unusual?
Lapwing appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Lapwing was a ketch built in 1808 and lost on 06/09/1856. By 5 September 1856 Lapwing had been in Horseshoe Bay 23 days, having discharged ‘sundry stores for the settlers’ and taken on a cargo of 102 bags of wheat and timber for the return voyage. The vessel was laid to at the outer moorings. During this. 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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