The Felix Stowe was a barque trading into Otaki. She was wrecked on 13 October 1878 when - like the Hydrabad in June of the same year - she mistook the northern end of Kapiti, on which there was no lighthouse, for Stephens Island in Cook Straight. The captain, Piggot, was never found; three crewman were washed ashore dead. The ship's resting place is off the coast just to the south of Pakakutu - a little to the north of the mouth of Otaki. The sketch, by the locally celebrated artist John Tiffin Stewart was perhaps executed before the wreck.

Sketch of the Felix Stowe
Identification
- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2014P_Shi12_008094
- Title
- Sketch of the Felix Stowe
- Held In
- Coolstore
Creation
- Created By
- John Tiffin Stewart
- Place
- Unknown
- Date
- 1870 to 1890
Object rights
- Credit Line
- Palmerston North City Library
- License
- No Known Restrictions
Taxonomy
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