Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Tigress
Seaford, 2 km S of Onkaparinga River mouth, south of Adelaide
Tigress was a snow built in 1840 and lost on 26/09/1848. On 6 May 1848 the vessel sailed from Leith, Scotland, bound for Port Adelaide and Port Phillip with a general cargo and two passengers. During the evening of 26 September 1848 a storm with gale force south-westerly winds swept the vessel onto a reef
The oddity, explained
Why is Tigress unusual?
Tigress appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Tigress was a snow built in 1840 and lost on 26/09/1848. On 6 May 1848 the vessel sailed from Leith, Scotland, bound for Port Adelaide and Port Phillip with a general cargo and two passengers. During the evening of 26 September 1848 a storm with gale force south-westerly winds swept the vessel onto a reef. 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
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