‘Alfred Edward’, 1882

On December 9th 1882 (the same day the ‘Plutus’ was wrecked), the 35-ton ketch ‘Alfred Edward’ with four people on board and ‘in ballast’ ‘was lost through missing stays (i.e. it failed in an attempt to go about from one tack to another)’ as it attempted to sail out from Ulladulla. It went ashore on Ulladulla’s South Head. No lives were lost, but it was reported ‘there is no hope of getting the vessel off’.