As the result of the wind failing while the vessel was in stays, the brig, bound from Lyttleton to Bluff, when entering the Southland port on July 30, 1874, struck on Triangle Rock. The rocks penetrated the hull, and the vessel was abandoned to the underwriters. A survey of the wreck revealed that, from the stem, 35 feet of her keel had been carried away, the water flowed in and out of the hold, and she was otherwise considerably damaged. The brig was sold by auction, the hull realising Sixty Pounds Sterling, and her boats, sails, etc, bringing One Hundred and Thirty Pounds Sterling. Attempts to refloat the Carl were only partly successful, and she ultimately became a total loss. The Carl, No. 36,979, was a brig of 167 tons register, built in Denmark in 1855 by Christian Danlecken. She was under the command of Captain C. J. Macey, and her dimensions were : length 110.7 ft, beam 23.6 ft, depth 11.4 ft.
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