She undertook her final voyage under Captain Olsen, sailing from Goteburg, Sweden, carrying a cargo of Baltic pine timber to Lourenço Marques, Portuguese East Africa.

Volo was sailing by dead reckoning, and on 5 March 1896 Captain Olsen judged the ship to be 200 miles from the coast.

The following day Volo struck rocks off the coast and was holed, but was carried over the reef and successfully beached between Kwaaihoek and the mouth of the Bushman River.

The crew climbed into the rigging, and after some hours all 12 were able to reach the shore using lines secured with the help of local people who came to offer assistance.

Some of the remains of Volo and her cargo were used to build houses in the area, and other artefacts were salvaged and are still displayed nearby.

Bark "Volo" was built by master shipbuilder Ole Martin Olsen at Indre Bratteklev shipyard on Tromøya outside Arendal in 1891.

Fully loaded with copra (dried coconut meat), "Volo" left Samoa on 26 January 1894.

On their journey, the crew on board had experienced both storm and calm, and exotic ports in various parts of the world.

In the early morning hours of Tuesday 26 March 1895, the crew on board "Volo" caught sight of a ship in distress.

The ship was again going on a long trip to southern Africa, but this time it was Martin Karinius Olsen who was the captain.

The sea continued to rage with the schooner from Arendal, but after about half an hour people appeared on the beach.

As recently as 1999, the front tire of "Volo" was discovered on the beach, but rather than end up in a museum, the parts disappeared after a few years.