The Loch Ard sank when in struck Mutton Bird Island in a dense fog off of the coast of Australia, close to the end of its voyage. When the public discovered that there were only two survivors, a young man and a young woman of about the same age, and that he had saved her from drowning, the general agreement of the newspaper reading public was that he had won her hand in marriage. She was not so sure.
Ship Name: The Loch Ard
Built: 1873
Sank: 1878
Tonnage: 1693
Vessel Type: Iron Clipper
Sources: https://www.jstor.org/stable/29543285?read-now=1&refreqid=excelsior%3A6cd70b5994e47e396a222587f6642212&seq=6#page_scan_tab_contents
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/5934740/250140
https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/40481036
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/only-two-people-survived-the-wreck-of-the-loch-ard-on-victorias-shipwreck-coast/news-story/5dee96ea13d7b67d35409047c02c55af
https://www.environment.gov.au/shipwreck/public/wreck/wreck.do?key=6368
https://www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/arid-30851082.html
