 It was part of the shipwrecked Kirkdale.The ship was built in Whitby, England, and was a twin-masted sailing ship about long.It left Launceston in May 1862 bound for Colombo in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) via the Torres Strait; however, after arriving at Cooktown, the captain turned and travelled south again and ran aground off Yaroomba Beach on 19 July 1862.