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