Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Enterprise

North Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia. The vessel lies approx 25-30 m from the terminus of the Main Path, which in turn, lies 150 m SE of the road

Enterprise was a schooner built in 1868 and lost on 8/1913. Upon its deregistration in 1913, the Enterprise became a water-tender for a short time, carting fresh water supplies to vessels at anchor, before it was eventually abandoned at the Ships’ Graveyard around August 1913.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNorth Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia. The vessel lies approx 25-30 m from the terminus of the Main Path, which in turn, lies 150 m SE of the road
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1913
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Iron; Upon its deregistration in 1913, the Enterprise became a water-tender for a short time, carting fresh water supplies to vessels at anchor, before it was eventually abandoned at the Ships’ Graveyard around August 1913.

The oddity, explained

Why is Enterprise unusual?

Enterprise appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Enterprise was a schooner built in 1868 and lost on 8/1913. Upon its deregistration in 1913, the Enterprise became a water-tender for a short time, carting fresh water supplies to vessels at anchor, before it was eventually abandoned at the Ships’ Graveyard around August 1913. 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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