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Frederick Butler (a convicted deserter, and one of only two men on board to have previously entered Manukau Harbour) alerted the senior officers to the improper course they were taking. Despite finally attempting to correct their course, a few minutes later, at approximately 1:30 in the afternoon,
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beach, through a series of dangerous sand bars. The weather was clear and sunny. Although the bars had been charted twice, in 1836 and 1856, a revised pilotage guide from 1861 was available that indicated that the middle sand bar had moved northwards and grown considerably in the intervening time.
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Three inquiries were held after the shipwreck, but due to the unwillingness of the Royal Navy to admit an officer's culpability much of the blame was laid on Edward Wing for not guiding the ship into the harbour and for failing to maintain the signalling station on Paratutai Island. In all, 189
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shortly after the disaster. On 20 November 1976, a bronze memorial plaque was placed on Paratutai Rock, near the location of the sinking, by the New Zealand Historic Places Trust. The plaque was vandalised and has since been relocated to the Huia Settlers' Museum.
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approached the beached ship and attempted to pick up survivors, many of whom had climbed into the rigging as the deck became submerged. At approximately 8:00pm, the masts began to break, killing most of the crew who remained on board.
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on the Waitākere Ranges, near Titirangi to the west of Auckland, indicates the approximate area, now heavily overgrown, where some of the victims were buried. Later, the survivors were transferred from
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Most of the sailors who drowned were very young, some being boys aged 12 to 18 who were still "learning the ropes" to become able seamen. The average age of the crew (including
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William Strong originally used the updated instructions for entering the harbour, but he was over-ruled by the commodore and the ship proceeded according to the 1856 chart.
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is scheduled for preservation in the Auckland Regional Plan: Coastal and is also protected under the archaeological provisions of the Historic Places Act 1993.
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began to take on water. The crew attempted to abandon ship, but the power of the sea's surge made escape extremely difficult, and many sailors were swept away.
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remained in the area overnight looking for survivors, and then buried what dead could be recovered in the sand-dunes on shore. An information board located at
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was behind schedule, and Burnett decided to save some time by cutting through Manukau Harbour rather than going by the intended course of rounding
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The cause of this disaster is disputed, even after the Admiralty laid the blame on Edward Wing. The local Māori interpreted it differently. In
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Meanwhile, the harbour pilot and signalman of Manukau Harbour on duty was Edward Wing (son of Captain Thomas Wing, pilot and
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settler felled the tree and used the wood for fence posts. Hence, Māori linked the disaster with a violation of tapu.
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side to the waves. Considerable damage was sustained: the hatches burst open, cabin windows were shattered, and
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of the Port of Manukau who also created the original 1836 chart) who was, at that time guiding the
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The wreck of HMS Orpheus, Orpheus Memorial, Lobby of the Chapel at the Old Naval College, Greenwich
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She was wrecked when delivering naval supplies and troop reinforcements to Auckland for the
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first journey was in December 1861 flying the pennant of Commodore W Farquharson Burnett
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in 1887 in memory of the loss of life. Memorial tablets were made and displayed in
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A memorial service was held at Paratutai on the 150th anniversary of the sinking.
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involved a greater loss of New Zealand life, but occurred in international waters
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was received instructing her to turn north to avoid a grounding. Soon after,
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As the ship approached the submerged bar, a navigational signal from nearby
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The HMS Orpheus Memorial Plaque is now located in the Huia Settlers' Museum
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and split into three groups. All the officers and 10 hands were sent to
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The Sail and Steam Navy List: All the Ships of the Royal Navy 1815ā€“1889
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Auckland Libraries Heritage et al blog post including heritage images
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carried both the out-of-date chart and the updated guide, and the
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was commanded by Captain Robert Heron Burton. She displayed a
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Shipwreck: Tales of Survival, Courage & Calamity at Sea.
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left Sydney, Australia, on 31 January 1863. Her approach to
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Later, the survivors (8 officers and 62 men, including
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List of corvette and sloop classes of the Royal Navy
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Richard Brydges Beechey
Royal Navy Ensign
Orpheus
Thracian
Cicones
Portsmouth
bm
indicated horsepower
Full-rigged ship
knots
8-inch (68pdr/65cwt) muzzle-loading smoothbore
7-inch (110-pdr/82cwt) Armstrong breech loader

Royal Navy
corvette
Australian squadron
Auckland

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