Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Killarney

North arm of Port River, Garden Island Ships Graveyard, Port Adelaide.

Killarney was a built in 1910 and lost on 1928. On 29 June 1925 the launch sank at its Musgrave Wharf moorings at the entrance to Hawkers Creek. Six weeks later it was removed at high tide and place on the nearby beach. In 1928 the Killarney was abandoned and broken up at the Garden Island Ships’ Gr

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNorth arm of Port River, Garden Island Ships Graveyard, Port Adelaide.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1928
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceWood; On 29 June 1925 the launch sank at its Musgrave Wharf moorings at the entrance to Hawkers Creek. Six weeks later it was removed at high tide and place on the nearby beach. In 1928 the Killarney was abandoned and broken up at the Garden Island Ships’ Gr

The oddity, explained

Why is Killarney unusual?

Killarney appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Killarney was a built in 1910 and lost on 1928. On 29 June 1925 the launch sank at its Musgrave Wharf moorings at the entrance to Hawkers Creek. Six weeks later it was removed at high tide and place on the nearby beach. In 1928 the Killarney was abandoned and broken up at the Garden Island Ships’ Gr. 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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