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Newport medieval ship: a decade of restoration – BBC news video, 13 April 2012; Conference: 'The World of the Newport Ship', 17–18 July 2014; The Newport Medieval Ship in Context: The Life and Times of a 15th Century Merchant Vessel Trading in Western Europe, a presentation by T.N. Jones & N. Nayling, 28 August 2015
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.
A container ship that ran aground on Astrolabe Reef, resulting in New Zealand's worst oil spill. The wreck broke apart and sank in January 2012. The wreck broke apart and sank in January 2012. 37°32′25″S 176°25′45″E / 37.54028°S 176.42917°E / -37.54028; 176.42917
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.
New Zealand: Elingamite – The ship, carrying a large consignment of gold, was wrecked off the north coast of New Zealand killing 45 people. The wreck is now favoured by adventurous divers for the drama associated with it, and tales of lost treasure. 45 1980 United Kingdom: Derbyshire – Lost on 9 September, south of Japan, in Typhoon Orchid ...
NZGSS Hinemoa was a 542-ton New Zealand Government Service Steamer designed specifically for lighthouse support and servicing, and also for patrolling New Zealand's coastline and carrying out castaway checks and searching for missing ships. It operated in New Zealand's territorial waters from 1876 to 1944.
While his ship was overhauled at anchor, Cook made a headquarters on the shore, ordering the planting of vegetable gardens and construction of an enclosure for pigs. [8] Cook would return to the cove a further five times over the course of his first , second and third voyages to the Pacific Ocean , [ 8 ] [ 5 ] In other parts of New Zealand the ...
SS Penguin was a New Zealand inter-island ferry steamer that sank off the southwest coast of Wellington after striking a rock near Sinclair Head in poor weather on 12 February 1909. Penguin ' s sinking caused the deaths of 75 people, leaving only 30 survivors. This was New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century. [2]