1887

This photo was presumably taken after September, 1887. The crew was rescued and arrived in port on September 21, 1887. They had been castaway for six months.

Details of the wreck available in the Encyclopedia of Australian Shipwrecks.

The raft made from wreckage by survivors is at the Southland Museum

The boatshed created afterward for shipwrecked sailors still exists.

Thanks so much for that info roketpad, it adds a lot to the photo. I'll pass it on to our curators.

Courtney

This might also help

From the Timaru Herald 3 November 1888
The Cruise of the Stella
Interesting Relics of the Derry Castle
The Stella arrived this morning from her annual cruise of the Snares, Campbell,Auckland,Antipodes,and Bounty Islands. Captain Fairchild found the provisions depot at the islands intact. He found the beach at the Auckland Islands strewn with relics of the ill-fated Derry Castle. The figurehead of the vessel, a life size bust of the Queen, was found on the beach, and by his instructions was placed over the graves of four poor fellows who were buried on the island by their shipmates. Other relics such as the name board, life buoy etc, were brought to New Zealand. On board with "Derry Castle Limerick" painted on it, Captain Fairchild intends sending Home to the late owner of the vessel

Thanks so much for that detail madbushfarm! Here´s a lnk to that article on the PapersPast website.

-- Courtney

Hi Courtney you will also find a heap more articles and old images there in Papers Past as well. We're so lucky National Library has made it so accessible. Thumbs up to them! I research a lot of stuff on there but this was just too interesting not to go digging futher into. The Otago Witness printed a number of images by Burton Bros some before the figurehead was placed over the grave.

How very decadent. Wonderful photos.

I'd love to see one of the ship berthed at Arklow. I never miss a visit to the Maritime Museum each time I'm down there.

Very opulent! What a great image though - so much detail and this was taken below decks - must have needed a hefty exposure!!

"Her first voyage to North America began on 17 June 1860" She was converted into a cable-laying ship in 1865. "The conversion work for Great Eastern's new role consisted in the removal of funnel no. 4 and some boilers as well as great parts of the passenger rooms and saloons" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Eastern

I've posted a couple of comments on the other photo which may be of interest

Dresser trained as a botanist, however he was producing designs for fabric, silver and wallpaper, amongst other things, by 1857. He was also one of the first people to import Japanese goods into Britain.

Exhibited at "Into Africa" curated by Harry Lyons in 2007 at the Dorman Museum, Middlesbrough. I have a set named after the title of the exhibition which has images from the exhibition itself.

I love this

This snake looks too dangerous)

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