#invercauld

[ltwilliammowett]

The barque Invercauld (1891-1916) in heavy seas

[castinglotspod]

This week, a shipwreck story in the Auckland Islands ends in one hell of a plot twist...

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[theamericanparlor]

'Invercauld' in Heavy Weather, What indication caused the journalist to  conclude that the castaways were slowly starving so turned to cannibalism to stay  alive? The ship had struck on the ironbound coast of the Auckland Islands”

The English mail which arrived in October, 1865, brought the news of the  second wreck, and of the strange fact that a second party of men had for one  year and 12 days been on the island with Capt. Musgrave and his party - each unknowing  of the presence of the other, although each had done what it could to explore,  on an island the whole area of which is roughly calculated to be not much more  than 100,000 acres.

West Coast Times, 23 September 1874, Page 2 A gallant ship bailing from the Land o' Cakes, the Invercauld, commanded by a stout old Scotchman, Captain Dalgarno, sailed from Port Phillip, en route for London. Weeks passed, and no report of the noble clipper. It was difficult to realize that a splendidly built and well appointed iron ship, under an able commander, officers, and crew, could possibly have come to grief ; but as months rolled on no underwriter would have ventured, at the most extortionate rate of premium, to take a risk upon one of the best models that ever sailed. "

The Invercauld was wrecked on May 10th 1864, six of the crew being drowned, commanded by Capt. George Dalgarno. Only 3 out of 19 castaways survived.

https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/invercauld.htm

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[jamesdyasdavidson]

Auchnagymlinn. It is a surprisingly big settlement at Auchnagymlinn! When I was making my way there I was puzzled by all the round stones and sand - like being on a beach - and there was even more sand and stones at the ruins, with water running through them. I recalled a short paragraph about Auchnagymlinn in Ian Muray’s first book, and in it he mentions the Muckle Spate of 1829 putting an end to crofting at Auchnagymlinn as the whole valley was flooded and when the waters died back only stones and sand lay where farm land had been before. The ruin I sheltered in to have my lunch had water sitting in it and sand at the dry end I sat at - a poignant reminder of that flood. #Aberdeenshire #scotland #abandoned #abandoned_world #Invercauld

[221blanketfort]

Invercauld House. The House dates from the 13th century, and is the seat the chief of the Farquharson clan. The House lies next to the river Dee, near Braemar Castle and Balmoral Castle. The snow covered mountain in the background is Ben-a-Bhuird, taken from a loch near the House. Photo by Alan Findlay