When the Elingamite hit heavy fog her captain believed that she had safely passed the Three Kings Islands. Instead the ship and over a hundred people would find themselves wrecked on the rocks and trying desperately to survive.
Name: Elingamite
Size: 2585 Tons
Launched: 1887
Sank: 1902
Sources:
http://www.tynebuiltships.co.uk/E-Ships/elingamite1887.html
https://teara.govt.nz/en/shipwrecks/page-4
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/13667955
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OW19070123.2.167.10
https://teara.govt.nz/en/1966/disasters-and-mishaps-shipwrecks/page-7
https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/kelly-tarlton/
https://www.nzgeo.com/stories/sunken-gold-the-treasure-of-the-elihgamite/
https://passengers.history.sa.gov.au/node/925048
