Ship "Nile"


1867 Feb 16	Shipwreck
1876 May 18	Shipwreck



AJHR 1867 Section E6 page 22
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 16 Feb 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 24
Number of Crew		: 
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Timber
Nature of Casualty	: Total wreck
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: 
Wind Force		: 
Place of Accident	: Haast River

Finding of Court of Inquiry
No fault attributable to master.


Ship "Nile"
AJHR 1876 Section H26 page 18
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 18 May 1876
Name of Master		: Charles HUNTLEY
Age of Vessel		: 20 years
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 24
Number of Crew		: 2
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Timber
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Rocks under Pencarrow Lighthouse,
			  Wellington Harbour
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Fresh gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Vessel parted cables, and having lost her head sails, which were
old, she became unmanageable, and drifted ashore.