Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Florrie

Glenelg Baths, Adelaide, South Australia.

Florrie was a cutter built in 1909 and lost on 21/04/1925. Vessel dragged its moorings in a south-westerly gale, and was smashed against the Glenelg jetty becoming a total loss.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationGlenelg Baths, Adelaide, South Australia.
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1925
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; Vessel dragged its moorings in a south-westerly gale, and was smashed against the Glenelg jetty becoming a total loss.

The oddity, explained

Why is Florrie unusual?

Florrie appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Florrie was a cutter built in 1909 and lost on 21/04/1925. Vessel dragged its moorings in a south-westerly gale, and was smashed against the Glenelg jetty becoming a 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

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