Ship "Kestrel"


1876 Feb 12	Shipwreck
1876 Aug 06	Shipwreck


AJHR 1876 Section H26 page 16
Return of Wrecks

Date of Casualty	: 12 Feb 1876
Name of Master		: Benjamin BERN
Age of Vessel		: 8 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 51
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: East side of Henrietta Bay, Island
			  of Ruapuke
Wind Direction		: W
Wind Force		: Whole gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
No blame to master.


AJHR 1877 Section H29 page 23
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 06 Aug 1876
Name of Master		: Benjamin BERN
Age of Vessel		: 8 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 51
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Iron rails
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: On the bar at entrance, Blueskin
			  Harbour, East Coast, Middle Island
Wind Direction		: NE
Wind Force		: Light air


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Vessel was entering Blueskin Harbour, when two or three blind
rollers came in, in the trough of one of which she struck on
the bar.