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Kōrero: Shipwrecks

Wreck of the Orpheus

Document

The loss of the Orpheus on 7 February 1863 was a major calamity reported extensively in Britain. Download the document to read the account published in the Illustrated London News of 18 April 1863 (76 KB).

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Alexander Turnbull Library

Reference: PUBL-0033-1863-437

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Gerard Hutching, Shipwrecks – Perils of the sea: 19th century, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/document/7285/wreck-of-the-orpheus (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gerard Hutching, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.