Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Excelsior

Mutton Cove, near Pelican Point, northern end of Lefevre Peninsula, Outer Harbour, Adelaide, South Australia

Excelsior was a built in 17/02/1897 and lost on 1945. Hulked 26/08/1931; scrapped 1945.

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationMutton Cove, near Pelican Point, northern end of Lefevre Peninsula, Outer Harbour, Adelaide, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1945
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSteel; Hulked 26/08/1931; scrapped 1945.

The oddity, explained

Why is Excelsior unusual?

Excelsior appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Excelsior was a built in 17/02/1897 and lost on 1945. Hulked 26/08/1931; scrapped 1945. 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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