Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Adonis
Outer Harbor, between Royal Adelaide Yacht Squadron and Port River
Adonis was a ketch built in 1864 and lost on 18/02/1953. On 18 February 1953 the ketch Adonis broke its moorings during a storm and capsized off Outer Harbor as it approached the Port River. The vessel was later raised and towed to a position at the back of Torrens Island and beached. The register was closed o
The oddity, explained
Why is Adonis unusual?
Adonis appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Adonis was a ketch built in 1864 and lost on 18/02/1953. On 18 February 1953 the ketch Adonis broke its moorings during a storm and capsized off Outer Harbor as it approached the Port River. The vessel was later raised and towed to a position at the back of Torrens Island and beached. The register was closed o. 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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