Maritime · Evidence-led place record
William Henry
Tunby Island, near Tumby Bay, South Australia
William Henry was a cutter built in 1842 and lost on 6/1844. After successfully getting the Kate of the strand at Tumby Island, as William Henry was approaching to bring up under the island, the cable fouled and the vessel ran ashore.
The oddity, explained
Why is William Henry unusual?
William Henry appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as William Henry was a cutter built in 1842 and lost on 6/1844. After successfully getting the Kate of the strand at Tumby Island, as William Henry was approaching to bring up under the island, the cable fouled and the vessel ran ashore. 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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