Maritime · Evidence-led place record
Welling
Althorpe Island
Welling was a cutter built in and lost on 20/07/1892. On 19 July 1892, while taking in a catch of Althorpe island, the weather worsened and the crew decided to take shelter in one of the small bays of the island. The following day during a squall, the anchors parted and it went on to rocks near the Althorpe
The oddity, explained
Why is Welling unusual?
Welling appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Welling was a cutter built in and lost on 20/07/1892. On 19 July 1892, while taking in a catch of Althorpe island, the weather worsened and the crew decided to take shelter in one of the small bays of the island. The following day during a squall, the anchors parted and it went on to rocks near the Althorpe. 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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