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Ships
AJHR = Appendices to the Journal of the House of Representatives

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 


Fairlie			1877-1879
Fairy			1874 Shipwreck (34 ton Schooner)
Fairy			1876 Shipwreck (33 ton Ketch)
Fairy Queen		1873 Shipwreck
Falcon			1869 Shipwreck (37 ton Ketch)
Falcon			1870 Shipwreck (42 ton Schooner)
Fancy			1868 Shipwreck
Fanny			1878 Shipwreck
Fanny Kelly		1874-1876
Favorite		1866
Favorite		1867 Shipwreck (38 ton P.S.)
Favorite		1870 Shipwreck (59 ton Schooner)
Favourite		1866
Felixstowe		1878 Shipwreck
Feronia			1877 Shipwreck
Fiery Cross		1869-1873
Flechero		1875 Shipwreck
Fleur de Maurice	1875 Shipwreck
Flirt			1876-1877
Flora McDonald		1874 Shipwreck
Florence		1868 Shipwreck (51 ton Ketch)
Florence		1874-1876 (55 ton Schooner)
Florinda		1876 Shipwreck
Fly			1868 Shipwreck
Flying Cloud		1867 Shipwreck (43 ton schooner)
Flying Cloud		1876 Shipwreck (46 ton schooner)
Foam			1871 Shipwreck
Folly			1868-1870
Forest Queen		1876-1879
Fortune			1868 Shipwreck
Frank Guy		1875 Shipwreck
Franklin Belle		1879 Shipwreck
Frederick		1867 Shipwreck
Frowning Beauty		1874 Shipwreck


Ship "Fairy"
AJHR 1875 Section H12A page 10
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 3 Aug 1874
Name of Master		: Thomas JONES
Age of Vessel		: 11 years
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 34
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General merchandise
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: South side of Reef Point, Hokianga 
			  River
Wind Direction		: WNW
Wind Force		: Fresh gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Vessel went ashore through missing stays.

Ship "Fairy"
AJHR 1876 Section H26 page 19
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 3 Jun 1876
Name of Master		: John CAMPBELL
Age of Vessel		: S.S. 2.5 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 33
Number of Crew		: 6
Number of Passengers	: 7
Nature of Cargo		: Timber
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: End of Boulder Bank, Western Spit,
			  Napier
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Fresh breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Master kept too close in, and heavy sea swept vessel on bank.

Ship "Fairy Queen"
AJHR 1874 Section H22 page 14
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 27 Aug 1873
Name of Master		: William SPENCE
Age of Vessel		: 10 years
Rig			: Brig
Register Tonnage	: 214
Number of Crew		: 9
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Coal, 12 tons
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Timaru Beach
Wind Direction		: East
Wind Force		: Strong breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Cables parted by heavy seas, and vessel was then run ashore.
Master took every precaution to prevent accident.

Ship "Falcon"
AJHR 1871 Section G6 page 13
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 19 Nov 1869
Name of Master		: John MORRISON
Age of Vessel		: 4 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 37
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 4
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Near Tom's Rock, about eight miles
			  westward of Pencarrow Head
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Strong


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Inattention on the part of the master to the sailing directions;
but in consideration of his having brought the vessel into port,
though in a very leaky and disabled state, he was only admonished
to be more careful in future.

Ship "Falcon"
AJHR 1871 Section G6 page 14
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 23 Mar 1870
Name of Master		: J. T. CICELY
Age of Vessel		: 6 years
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 42
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 2
Nature of Cargo		: Timber and Sundries
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Opunake Bay
Wind Direction		: WNW
Wind Force		: Moderate


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Master exonerated.

Ship "Fancy"
AJHR 1869 Section E4 page 31
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 12 Oct 1868
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 28
Number of Crew		: 5
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Colonial Produce
Nature of Casualty	: Total wreck
Number of Lives Lost	: 4
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Heavy gale
Place of Accident	: Rocks at entrance to Greville Harbour,
			  D'Urville's Island


Finding of Court of Inquiry
The wreck was accidental, and caused by stress of weather.

Remarks
Broke up. Only one man succeeded in getting on shore. After
seven days exposure he was rescued by Captain John FALCONER,
of the schooner "Jane Anderson", whose kindness deserves the
highest approbration.

Ship "Fanny"
AJHR 1879 Section H10 page 25
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 1 Sep 1878
Name of Master		: Peter BROWN
Age of Vessel		: 6 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 25
Number of Crew		: 3
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: None
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: About 200 yards to northward of
			  Government landing service, Timaru
Wind Direction		: ESE
Wind Force		: Light breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Vessel driven on shore by a heavy sea, there not being
sufficient wind to enable her to work to sea.

Ship "Favorite"

1865-1866	Nature of Machinery: Low pressure (1)

Ship "Favorite"
AJHR 1868 Section E6 page 18
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 13 Nov 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 6 years
Rig			: P.S.
Register Tonnage	: 38
Number of Crew		: 7
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: 
Wind Force		: Fine weather
Place of Accident	: Mouth of Hokitika River, inside


Finding of Court of Inquiry
The stranding was caused by a collision with the "Dispatch".
If any one be to blame, it is the master of the "Favorite".

Remarks
Got off with trifling damage.

Ship "Favorite"
AJHR 1871 Section G6 page 14
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 1 Apr 1870
Name of Master		: R. DYASON
Age of Vessel		: P.S. 7 years
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 59
Number of Crew		: 8
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Coal
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Ahipara beach
Wind Direction		: SSW
Wind Force		: Moderate gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Master exonerated.

Ship "Favourite"

1866 Dec 21	William ADAMS issued with Master's Certificate
		No. 77 in lieu of a lost certificate (3)

Ship "Felixstowe"
AJHR 1879 Section H10 page 26
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 13 Oct 1878
Name of Master		: James Stuart PIGGOT
Age of Vessel		: 5 years
Rig			: Barque
Register Tonnage	: 379
Number of Crew		: 12
Number of Passengers	: 1
Nature of Cargo		: Coal
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 4
Place of Accident	: On beach near Otaki
Wind Direction		: W by N
Wind Force		: Light breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Vessel lost through thick weather, and master mistaking Kapiti
for Stephens' Island. Master and mate drowned, consequently
no evidence to show if blame attached to either.

Ship "Feronia"
AJHR 1877 Section H29 page 29
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 16 May 1877
Name of Master		: Joseph John Mitcheson WHITE
Age of Vessel		: 14 years
Rig			: Barque
Register Tonnage	: 315
Number of Crew		: 10
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Inside Kaipara Heads
Wind Direction		: E
Wind Force		: Light


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Stranding caused by standing in too close to the beach, not
properly handling sails after vessel was taken aback, and not
promptly making use of anchors when it was found that vessel
was drifting ashore; master's certificate, Board of Trade No.
328 suspended for three months; and that of chief officer,
David YOUNG, Board of Trade No. 27818, for one month.

Ship "Flechero"
AJHR 1876 Section H26 page 14
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 8 Sep 1875
Name of Master		: Peter Thomas Luke CORLYON
Age of Vessel		: 9 years, A1 Lloyd's
Rig			: Ship
Register Tonnage	: 730
Number of Crew		: 18
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Cook's Point, North Head, Auckland
			  Harbour
Wind Direction		: NE
Wind Force		: Fresh breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
No blame attached to pilot in charge.

Ship "Fleur de Maurice"
AJHR 1875 Section H12A page 14
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 6 Jun 1875
Name of Master		: John DOBSON
Age of Vessel		: 11 years
Rig			: Barque
Register Tonnage	: 333
Number of Crew		: 9
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Coal
Nature of Casualty	: Mainyard and sails carried away
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Cook Strait
Wind Direction		: S
Wind Force		: Gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Nil.

Ship "Flora McDonald"
AJHR 1874 Section H22 page 16
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 2 Feb 1874
Name of Master		: J. L. KENNY
Age of Vessel		: 12 years
Rig			: Cutter
Register Tonnage	: 18
Number of Crew		: 3
Number of Passengers	: 5
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Capsized and foundered; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 8 (all hands)
Place of Accident	: Manukau Bar
Wind Direction		: SW
Wind Force		: Heavy squalls


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Loss supposed to have been caused by some damage done to
steering gear, which caused her to put back to Manakau, and
that in running in over the bar, not being under the command
of her helm, she broached-to and capsized. No blame seems
attributable to master, owners, or crew.

Ship "Florence"
AJHR 1869 Section E4 page 30
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 2 Jul 1868
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 51
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: On shore
Wind Force		: Fresh
Place of Accident	: Waitangi Beach, Chatham Islands


Finding of Court of Inquiry
That the vessel had been taken possession of and run on shore
by the Hauhau prisoners.

Remarks
She was afterwards repaired, but before she was ready for
launching, a heavy sea carried her off the ways, and she became
a total wreck.

Ship "Florinda"
AJHR 1877 Section H29 page 25
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 19 Oct 1876
Name of Master		: Charles BOOPHY
Age of Vessel		: 3 years
Rig			: Brigantine
Register Tonnage	: 106
Number of Crew		: 7
Number of Passengers	: 3
Nature of Cargo		: 
Nature of Casualty	: Loss of life
Number of Lives Lost	: 1
Place of Accident	: Lat 37o 4'S., Long 157o 15'E
Wind Direction		: SE
Wind Force		: Fresh


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Man fell overboard while drawing water to wash decks.

Ship "Fly"
AJHR 1868 Section E6 page 19
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 24 Mar 1868
Age and Class of Vessel	: 15 years
Rig			: Cutter
Register Tonnage	: 15
Number of Crew		: 3
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: 
Wind Force		: Moderate breeze
Place of Accident	: Oamaru Beach


Finding of Court of Inquiry
No inquiry held.

Remarks
The vessel fouled her anchor while the master was on shore.
Sail was made but she missed stays and drove on shore. She
broke up.

Ship "Flying Cloud"
AJHR 1868 Section E6 page 17
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 8 Nov 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 7 years
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 43
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: 
Wind Force		: Moderate weather; heavy sea
Place of Accident	: Mouth of Grey River


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Cable parted. Master blameless.

Remarks
Became a total wreck.

Ship "Flying Cloud"
AJHR 1877 Section H29 page 23
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 26 Aug 1876
Name of Master		: Frederick Edwin ANDREWS
Age of Vessel		: 11 years
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 46
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Supposed capsized and stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: Supposed 4 (all hands)
Place of Accident	: Outside Constant Bay, near Charleston,
			  West Coast
Wind Direction		: NE
Wind Force		: Gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Supposed to have been capsized by a heavy squall, and then
drifted on to rocks.

Ship "Foam"
AJHR 1871 Section G6 page 17
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 24 May 1871
Name of Master		: J. A. ASCHMAN
Age of Vessel		: 
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 40
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Grain
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Farewell Spit
Wind Direction		: SW
Wind Force		: Strong gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Stress of weather.

Ship "Fortune"
AJHR 1868 Section E6 page 19
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 3 Feb 1868
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Brig
Register Tonnage	: 160
Number of Crew		: 8
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Not stated
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 7
Wind Direction		: SE
Wind Force		: Gale
Place of Accident	: About 10 miles S. of Hokianga


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Position of vessel not known, as no observation had been got for
four days. Wreck accidental.

Remarks
Of a crew of eight, all told, only one seaman escaped. The
vessel was hove to on the port tack with her head-in-shore.
Had she been hove to on the other tack she might have escaped.
Had the lead been hove it would have given ample warning of
her proximity to shore.

Ship "Frank Guy"
AJHR 1876 Section H26 page 15
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 15 Oct 1875
Name of Master		: Edwin CAIN
Age of Vessel		: 2 months
Rig			: Barquentine
Register Tonnage	: About 200
Number of Crew		: 9
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Timber
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Waikanae Beach, West Coast, Cook Strait
Wind Direction		: NE
Wind Force		: Light breeze


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Master did not take sufficient pains to ascertain his true
position when running in for an anchorage. Master and mate
warned to be more cautious in future.

Ship "Franklin Belle"
AJHR 1879 Section H10 page 29
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 20 Jun 1879
Name of Master		: Henry MATHESON
Age of Vessel		: 5 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 30
Number of Crew		: 3
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Railway iron and wire
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; total loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: At the mouth Oamaru Creek, on the
			  beach, Oamaru
Wind Direction		: SSW
Wind Force		: Strong


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Vessel dragged her anchor and became unmanageable in heavy sea.

Ship "Frederick"
AJHR 1868 Section E6 page 16
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 22 Jul 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 21 years
Rig			: Barque
Register Tonnage	: 170
Number of Crew		: 10
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Total wreck
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Fresh breeze
Place of Accident	: Hokitika Bar

Finding of Court of Inquiry
The vessel was drawing too much water for the Port.

Ship "Frowning Beauty"
AJHR 1875 Section H12A page 10
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 22 Jul 1874
Name of Master		: Charles J. CAMPBELL
Age of Vessel		: 28 years
Rig			: Barque
Register Tonnage	: 365
Number of Crew		: 11
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Loss of cable; masts cut away;
			  partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: About half a mile to northward of
			  Kaiwarawara, a village on western side
			  of Port Nicholson
Wind Direction		: SE
Wind Force		: Whole gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Cables being much worn, and not in condition to bear strain of
vessel.


(1) AJHR 1866 Section E3 page 6 From a list of Steam Vessels 
surveyed in NZ since 1st July 1865

(2) AJHR 1866 Section E3 page 7 Statement of Persons to whom
Certificates of Qualifications have been issued since 1 Jul 
1865.

(3) AJHR 1867 Section E6 page 18 Return of Masters and Engineers
to whom Certificates of Competency have been issued from 1 July 
1866 to 30 June 1867