More Info →Captain C. Holmwood

Description

Captain C. Holmwood was Captain of the "Hydrabad" which went ashore on Waitarere Beach on 25 June 1878 in gale force winds.The "Hydrabad" was a full-rigged iron ship of 1250 tons net register with a length of 229 ft, a depth of 23.2 ft and a beam of 37.2 ft. The ship was built in Scotland in 1885. The ship wrecked on Waitarere Beach (between Levin and Foxton) on the 25 of June, 1887 in gale-force winds while on a voyage to Adelaide from Lyttleton. The hulk of the ship can still been seen at the beach.

Identification

Object type

Image

Relation

Public Photograph Collection Pi104

Date

1903

Digitisation ID

2013N_Pi104_007471

Held In

"Coolstore"