Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Nimrod

Off Port Adelaide, NW of the Lighthouse

Nimrod was a cutter built in 1866 and lost on 26/07/1875. Filled with water during heavy squalls and foundered.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationOff Port Adelaide, NW of the Lighthouse
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1875
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Filled with water during heavy squalls and foundered.

The oddity, explained

Why is Nimrod unusual?

Nimrod appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Nimrod was a cutter built in 1866 and lost on 26/07/1875. Filled with water during heavy squalls and foundered. 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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