Description
The iron barque "Trinculo" (1858) met with a heavy gale whilst travelling from Albany W.A to Newcastle NSW in ballast in May 1879. The vessel was struck by S/E force 11 winds off Wilson's Promontory and forced on to a sandbar 15 metres offshore at Stockyard Hill on the 90 Mile Beach on the 30th May 1879. Fortunately no lives were lost as a result of this disaster