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There is a long history of shipwrecks and vessels capsizing or being lost in the seas around the Southland Region of New Zealand. [1] The worst incident was on 29 April 1881, when the SS Tararua struck Otara reef 13 km (8.1 mi) off Waipapa Point. [2] [3] [4] Of the ship's 151 passengers, only 20 survived.
Shipwrecks along the coastlines of the islands of New Zealand in the Pacific Ocean Subcategories This category has the following 7 subcategories, out of 7 total.
The New Zealand Maritime Museum Hui Te Ananui A Tangaroa is a maritime museum in Auckland, New Zealand. It is located on Hobson Wharf, adjacent to the Viaduct Harbour in central Auckland. It houses exhibitions spanning New Zealand's maritime history, from the first Polynesian explorers and settlers to modern day triumphs at the America's Cup.
The three-masted ship Surat wrecked on New Year's Day 1874. It was a major event in the early history of New Zealand's Otago Region. The Surat, a 1,000 ton iron vessel, was under charter to the New Zealand Shipping Company and was carrying emigrants and their belongings from Gravesend, England to Dunedin, New Zealand. She left Gravesend on 28 September 1873, with a crew of 37 under the command ...
SS Wairarapa was a New Zealand ship of the late 19th century plying the route between Auckland, New Zealand and Australia. It came to tragic fame when it hit a reef at the northern edge of Great Barrier Island, about 100 km out from Auckland, and sank. The death toll of around 130 people remains one of the largest such losses in the country's ...
SS Tararua was a passenger steamer that struck the reef off Waipapa Point in the Catlins on 29 April 1881, and sank the next day, in the worst civilian shipping disaster in New Zealand's history. [1] Of the 151 passengers and crew on board, only 20 survived the shipwreck. [2]
The ship's papers and some of the passengers belongings were retrieved from the Taiaroa by the Penguin. By low tide, in the afternoon, the Taiaroa was within 10 yards of the shore. John Harboard's monkey and Mrs Fitzgerald's cat were rescued from her by three Clarence bridge workmen.
Daring was a two-masted schooner, built as a cargo vessel in Mangawhai ship yard, New Zealand. Its construction was kauri carvel plank, with Muntz metal (60% Copper, 40% Zinc) on the hull. The ship was built by a Scottish boat builder, Donald McInnes. Daring was built for John Matheson and John Rattray, of Onehunga. [1]