Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Fides
0.5 km west of Snug Cove, Kangaroo Island, South Australia
Fides was a barque built in 1857 and lost on 22/05/1860. In September 1859 the Fides, Captain Asplund and crew departed Kristinestad bound for England with a cargo of tar and wood. In London, a general cargo was loaded consigned for Elder, Stirling & Co. in Adelaide, South Australia. The cargo consisted of a w
The oddity, explained
Why is Fides unusual?
Fides appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Fides was a barque built in 1857 and lost on 22/05/1860. In September 1859 the Fides, Captain Asplund and crew departed Kristinestad bound for England with a cargo of tar and wood. In London, a general cargo was loaded consigned for Elder, Stirling & Co. in Adelaide, South Australia. The cargo consisted of a w. 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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