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Steamship Otago on the rocks at Chaslands Mistake, 4 December 1876

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  • 3 older comments, and then…
  • marley1027 said:
    You know you're having a bad day when...
  • vickiecollins said:
    Talk about being between a rock and a hard place............
  • Sjon Svenson said:
    to bad we don't hear the colourfull seamans expletives of the moment ^__^'
  • andy pucko said:
    Oopsie
  • FrigateRN said:
    The joys of sailing!

Aerial view of Johnsonville, Wellington, 1939

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  • chrisbwah said:
    Took me ages to work out which way this is looking, but I suspect it's south. The main road in the centre is J'ville road, the gorge is the small track going off towards 11 o'clock with Fraser Ave continuing straight ahead and then bending right. Broderick Rd is the road going off to the right where it will cross the rail lines visible in the bottom right.
  • National Library NZ on The Commons said:
    Thank you! I took one look at it and thought "oohhh, that's too hard for me to identify...."

    -- Courtney
  • Jessica Durham said:
    I can see my house! I've been trying to find an aerial view in the same direction from the 1920s too but no luck yet

Sailing ship Alcestis run aground, probably in Otago Harbour, 1880s

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  • Peter Ellis said:
    beautiful !!
  • stormchaser_nz said:
    Looks like the vessel is on the southwest end of Quarantine Island (St Martins) in the middle of the Otago Harbour. At the top right is the Flagstaff (Tide and Timeball) above the port, and Goat Island behind the ship
  • FrigateRN said:
    These are fabulous old pictures, thank you for sharing.
  • Liz said:
    I've found a reference to her in "White Wings" on the NZETC website www.nzetc.org/tm/scholarly/tei-Bre01Whit-t1-body-d50.html... the Alcestis, a smart little iron barque of less than 400 tons, was built at Sunderland in 1868, and owned by R. H. Penney. She was chartered by the N.Z. Shipping Co. Early in 1882 the barque was purchased by Messrs. Stone Bros., merchants, of Auckland, and for several years later continued in the London and New Zealand trade. She was later employed in the intercolonial service. THE BARQUE ALCESTIS AT DUNEDIN. the Alcestis had a very rough trip on her voyage to the Bluff in 1885. During one severe gale heavy seas broke on board, smashed the deckhouse and fittings and washed nearly everything movable overboard, including a considerable deck cargo. In 1888, twelve years after she was launched she ran from the Lizard to the Solanders in 93 days. The passages outwards by the Alcestis were:— TO AUCKLAND. Sailed.Arrived.Captain.Days. *Nov. 7, '81Mar. 25, '82Payne— TO WELLINGTON. Nov. 7, '81Mar. 6, '82Payne117 TO DUNEDIN. June 27Oct. 10, '88Norris106 TO BLUFF. June 10Oct. 1, '85Munn113 June 24Oct. 11, '86Munn109 June 12Oct. 8, '87Norris118 *
  • Swordscookie said:
    This is a wonderful shot NLNZ, thank you for sharing and to madbushfarm for the information. Otago harbour looks rugged in those shots!

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