Invercauld House - Circa 1850
Invercauld may refer to: *Invercauld (ship), ship wrecked on the Auckland Islands, New Zealand in 1864 *Invercauld Castle Invercauld Castle () is a country house situated in Royal Deeside near Braemar in Scotland. It is protected as a category A listed building, and the grounds are included in the Inventory of Gardens and Designed Landscapes in Scotland. History The ...

Invercauld (ship)
The ''Invercauld'' was an 1,100-ton sailing vessel that was wrecked on the Auckland Islands in 1864. Wreck The ''Invercauld'' was under the command of Captain George Dalgarno and was bound from Melbourne to Callao in ballast with a total of 25 crew. She struck the Auckland Islands at 2 a.m. on 11 May 1864, broke up and was totally destroyed in a short amount of time. The crew all struggled towards a small cove nearby, and 19 of the 25 crew managed to get ashore. Crew members Middleton and Wilson and four others drowned. All of the rest were hurt in some way and had no shoes. The survivors spent the night onshore and then at daybreak investigated the scene of the wreck and came away with only some few pounds of ships biscuits and salted pork. They found the bodies of the drowned crew and stripped them of their clothing but were unable to bury them. The crew had enough timber to build a rough hut and, as one of the crew had matches, a fire was able to be lit. After four day ...
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