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Glaucus

North Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia

Glaucus was a built in 1878 and lost on 04/07/1935. In 1935 the hull was accidentally holed while being dismantled in the Portland Canal. The salvagers dropped some scrap iron into the bottom of the hulk, well below the waterline. The Glaucus was severely damaged and leaking. It became a navigation hazard

CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationNorth Arm, Garden Island, Port Adelaide, South Australia
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1935
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceIron; In 1935 the hull was accidentally holed while being dismantled in the Portland Canal. The salvagers dropped some scrap iron into the bottom of the hulk, well below the waterline. The Glaucus was severely damaged and leaking. It became a navigation hazard

The oddity, explained

Why is Glaucus unusual?

Glaucus appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Glaucus was a built in 1878 and lost on 04/07/1935. In 1935 the hull was accidentally holed while being dismantled in the Portland Canal. The salvagers dropped some scrap iron into the bottom of the hulk, well below the waterline. The Glaucus was severely damaged and leaking. It became a navigation hazard. 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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