TRINCULO

Location Ninety Mile Beach, east of Seaspray VHR Number S680 Date lost 30/05/1879 Year of construction 1858 Official number 21493

Statement of Significance

Physical Description
Construction Material	Iron
Rig	Barque
Hull Details	Iron hulled, single decked, 3 masted, carvel hulled, elliptical stern, iron framed with 2 cemented bulkheads and a man's figurehead. One of the vessel's iron water tanks was removed by a local farmer in the early 1900s and is now at Golden Beach.
Propulsion	Sail
Number of Masts	3
Length / Breadth / Depth	138.1 Feet / 23.7 Feet / 14.4 Feet
History
Built Date	1858
Built Port / Country	Bristol / England
Registration Number	1873 (May)
Registration Port / Country	Melbourne / Australia
Former Details of Registration	Leith Port Natal 1873,
Details	The barque Trinculo was proceeding to Newcastle for coal after delivering a cargo to King George Sound. After encountering a south easterly gale in Bass Strait, it was driven ashore on the Ninety Mile Beach. A crewman managed to get a line from the wreck to the shore allowing the Captain, his wife and child and the remaining crew to reach safety. Seaman Lefevre recieved a silver medal from the Humane Society for his actions. The vessel was insured by Derwent & Tamar Insurance Company of Tasmania for 2000 pounds. The vessel was sold to the underwriters for 100 pounds.The Trinculo had previously been stranded on the African coast in 1871 and was repaired in 1872.
Voyage Details
Date Lost	30/05/1879
Voyage	from King George Sound (Albany) to Newcastle
Cargo	In ballast
Owner	Bowring (1860), Mcgregor (1865) James Patterson (1873)
Master of Vessel	Captain Williams
Further Details
Number of Passengers	0
Number of Crew Members	0