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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
CategorySHIPWRECK
LocationAlthorpe Island
DatasetSouth Australian Shipwrecks
Listed/year1892
Oddness signal90/99
Data completeness90%
SignificanceCutter; Wood; 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
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