Maritime · Evidence-led place record

Grelka

5 miles NE of Cape St. Albans, Kangaroo Island

Grelka was a schooner built in 1910 and lost on 26/01/1955. Explosion and fire in the engine room.

CategorySHIPWRECK
Location5 miles NE of Cape St. Albans, Kangaroo Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1955
Oddness signal84/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceSchooner; Wood; Explosion and fire in the engine room.

The oddity, explained

Why is Grelka unusual?

Grelka appears here because the approved source classifies it as maritime. The source describes it as Grelka was a schooner built in 1910 and lost on 26/01/1955. Explosion and fire in the engine room. 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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