Maritime · Evidence-led place record
San Miguel
Tiparra Reef, off Moonta Bay, South Australia.
San Miguel was a barque built in 7/1864 and lost on 08/05/1865. The vessel left Port Adelaide on 6 May 1865 bound for Wallaroo with a cargo of hay, copper ore, mining equipment, cement and timber. At about 4am on the 7th the vessel ran onto the Tiparra Reef near Wallaroo. Although there was a light-ship on the reef a
The oddity, explained
Why is San Miguel unusual?
San Miguel appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as San Miguel was a barque built in 7/1864 and lost on 08/05/1865. The vessel left Port Adelaide on 6 May 1865 bound for Wallaroo with a cargo of hay, copper ore, mining equipment, cement and timber. At about 4am on the 7th the vessel ran onto the Tiparra Reef near Wallaroo. Although there was a light-ship on the reef a. 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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