Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Little Orient

Largs Bay, Adelaide

Little Orient was a built in 1879 and lost on 20/11/1883. Explosion in steam room of vessel and total loss.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationLargs Bay, Adelaide
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1883
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; Explosion in steam room of vessel and total loss.

The oddity, explained

Why is Little Orient unusual?

Little Orient appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Little Orient was a built in 1879 and lost on 20/11/1883. Explosion in steam room of vessel and total loss. 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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