Maramingo
A timber vessel blown onto the rocks at Gabo Island in a gale in 1930. All six crew reached shore.
The story
The Maramingo was a wooden sailing vessel carrying timber from a sawmill near Mallacoota, to be transhipped to Melbourne. She struck rocks at Gabo Island during a gale and became a total wreck.
All six crew reached shore. The owner was Alexander Hossack and the master Captain A. Smith.
Where the records differ:
Rig: ketch (Heritage Victoria) or 250 ton schooner (secondary list).
Voyage: Mallacoota to Gabo Island (Heritage Victoria) or timber from Melbourne (secondary list).
Archive photographs for this wreck are being gathered and will be added here.
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A coal schooner damaged in a gale and lost at Gabo Island in 1859. The crew spent two days on the island before the steamer Wonga Wonga took them off.