Ship "Folly"


1868 Oct 08	Shipwreck
1870 May 27	Shipwreck


AJHR 1869 Section E4 page 31
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 8 Oct 1868
Age and Class of Vessel	: 8 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 17
Number of Crew		: 2
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: NNW
Wind Force		: Strong
Place of Accident	: Boulder Bank, near entrance to Nelson
			  Harbour.


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Casualty due to stress of weather, and the vessel not answering
her helm. Master exonerated from blame.

Remarks
Believed to have been recovered. The evidence goes to show that
the weather was not so bad as represented, and that the vessel
could not have been well handled.

AJHR 1871 Section G6 page 14
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 27 May 1870
Name of Master		: W. TURNER
Age of Vessel		: 
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 17
Number of Crew		: 2
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Coal
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 2
Place of Accident	: Bar of Waimakariri River
Wind Direction		: NE
Wind Force		: Light


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Lost owing to an error in judgment on part of master.