On the night of August 20th during a south-easterly gale, the clipper ship Dunbar sailed into
the cliffs just south of The Gap.
Of 63 passengers and 59 crew only a young able seaman
names James Johnson would survive the ordeal, and only then after spending two days
trapped on the cliff face. Very little remains of the Dunbar today, primarily due to the fact that
the ship sank in only a few metres of water. But having said that shards of pottery etc. can
still be found underneath the boulders, and there are still some of the ships anchors to be
seen.
