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Sailing ship Alcestis being towed from rocks where she had run aground, probably in Otago Harbour, 1880s

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  • stormchaser_nz said:
    Looks like the vessel is being towed off the southwest end of Quarantine Island (St Martins) in the middle of the Otago Harbour
  • mambo1935 said:
    good shot!
  • b0b said:
    exquisite find, love the slow smoke trail, that steamer is trying hard
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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!

Sailing ship Chance, aground at Bluff, 1902

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  • John Hughes said:
    Fascinating picture. Anyone know what the wind turbine was for - bilge pump, or below decks ventilation?
  • Terrific Lake said:
    great shot
  • Translated Poorly said:
    The wind turbine is most likely for a electric generator, atleast in some ships of the same age.
  • John Hughes said:
    Yes, electric generator I think it must be. I was recently reading how Nansen had one installed aboard Fram on his drift across the north polar ice-cap in the 1890s.
  • Copper Kettle said:
    Interesting. Maybe as oil becomes scarce there again will be ships propelled by sail, with wind and solar generators to power the automatic rigging systems, navigation, etc.

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