Wreck of Invercauld
New Zealand
- Position
- About 50.5° S, 166.1° E (within about 10 km)
- Sank
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- Cause
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- Depth
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Protection status
Location generalised to protect an archaeological site
The position shown is generalised to within about 10 km. The exact position is not published.
Lost in 1864, 162 years ago: underwater cultural heritage.
Legal basis: UNESCO Convention on the Protection of the Underwater Cultural Heritage (2001).
How this was decided: Voydar's protection rules, from the sources we hold, confidence 80%. When in doubt, Voydar generalises the position.
Invercauld was a three-masted barque built in 1863 that was wrecked on the Auckland Islands in May 1864. The ship left Melbourne, Victoria for Callao, Peru on 2 May 1864. During a severe gale south off New Zealand, the ship hit the northwestern tip of Auckland Island at 2 a.m. on 11 May 1864 and swiftly broke up. Of the 25 crew, six were lost in the wreck. The survivors were washed ashore and subsisted on plant roots and shellfish for a little over a year. By the time of their rescue only three of the crew were still alive: Captain George Dalgarno, Ship's Mate Andrew Smith, and one seaman, Robert Holding. The three surviving crew members of the ship were finally rescued by the Julian, a Portuguese ship that had sent a boat to shore to obtain repairs for a leak on the ship.
History from Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA.
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