Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Enchantress
Light's Passage, north bank at the entrance to the Port River, Port Adelaide, South Australia
Enchantress was a cutter built in 1877 and lost on 19/09/1903. On the return to Port Adelaide from a successful fishing trip, the master mistook lights showing in the river entrance. To facilitate the construction of the new Outer harbor wharf (1903-1906), the Marine Board removed the No. 1 leading lights at the ent
The oddity, explained
Why is Enchantress unusual?
Enchantress appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Enchantress was a cutter built in 1877 and lost on 19/09/1903. On the return to Port Adelaide from a successful fishing trip, the master mistook lights showing in the river entrance. To facilitate the construction of the new Outer harbor wharf (1903-1906), the Marine Board removed the No. 1 leading lights at the ent. 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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