Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Marion
Troubridge Shoal, 8.5 km SE of Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula
Marion was a ship built in 1850 and lost on 29/07/1851. Marion set sail from Plymouth England on Monday 24 March 1851 with 350 emigrants aboard – all bound for South Australia. After a lengthy journey of 128 days in which there were six deaths and nine births, Marion was within hours of her destination when
The oddity, explained
Why is Marion unusual?
Marion appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Marion was a ship built in 1850 and lost on 29/07/1851. Marion set sail from Plymouth England on Monday 24 March 1851 with 350 emigrants aboard – all bound for South Australia. After a lengthy journey of 128 days in which there were six deaths and nine births, Marion was within hours of her destination when. 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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