File:18860612 Paula message in bottle.jpg

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English: Message placed in bottle and jettisoned from German sailing barque Paula on June 12, 1886 as part of a scientific drift bottle experiment, probably under auspices of the German Naval Observatory. Bottle was discovered in Western Australia in early 2018.
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Hamlyn, Charlotte, "Oldest-known message in a bottle found on WA beach 132 years after being tossed overboard", http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-06/oldest-known-message-in-a-bottle-found-on-wa-beach/9518632, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, March 6, 2018.


archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20180306143212/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-03-06/oldest-known-message-in-a-bottle-found-on-wa-beach/9518632
Author German Naval Observatory, 1886 or before.

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Paula (1876 barque)

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