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The passengers and crew attempted to lower the ship's boat but the lowering mechanism broke, killing several people. The survivors then tried to reach shore using salvaged material as a raft. The raft was dashed into the rocks near the shore, killing almost all on it. Only two crewmen survived, a
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Yarmouth in 1836 and originally owned by J Somes to 1838, then Gardiner and Co. Her masters were Humble to 1838, Black to 1839, Johnstone to 1845, and Stevenson in 1846. In 1839, 1844 and 1947 she was sheathed with
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Eleven bodies were recovered, of whom all but one were buried close to the site of the wreck. The body of
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She made another voyage to
California in 1850, returning to Sydney in July after an eventful voyage with 28 passengers and 20 shipwrecked sailors. She had sailed via Tahiti,
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Lyttelton for Wellington on 20 July 1851. She had onboard 22 crew and six passengers. At 6am on 24 July, she struck a submerged rock at Ohariu Bay, to the north of
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Stewart, an ordinary seaman who had been at the wheel at the time of the accident; in all 26 lives were lost.
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