Invercauld
New Zealand
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.
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