HMS Orpheus Shipwreck (7 February 1863) Her approach to Manukau Harbour on 7 February ran near Whatipu beach, through a series of dangerous sand bars.

Historic Naval ships to New Zealand

HMS Orpheus was a Jason-class Royal Navy corvette that served as the flagship of the Australian squadron. Orpheus sank off the west coast of Auckland, New Zealand on 7 February 1863: 189 crew out of the ship’s complement of 259 died in the disaster, making it the worst maritime tragedy to occur in New Zealand waters

Read more here – https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Orpheus_(1860)

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