On 1 July 1875, while on a voyage from Dundee in the United Kingdom to Otago, New Zealand, the ship was wrecked off the Crozet Islands.

[1][2][3] The passengers and crew were considered dead after the ship did not arrive at its final destination.

However, 44 crew and passengers managed to survive on a small island by eating eggs and geese, albatrosses, and other seabirds.

[3] After seven months, they were rescued on 22 January 1876 by the American whaler Young Phoenix - captained by Civil War hero David Lewis Gifford.

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