Mr C. Holmwood was captain of the ship "Hydrabad", which 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.

Captain C. Holmwood
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- Object type
- Image
- Digitisation ID
- 2013P_Pi101_006683
- Title
- Captain C. Holmwood
- Held In
- Coolstore
- Original held in
- Public Photograph Collection Pi 101
- Date
- 1860~/1870~
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- Unknown
- Place
- Manawatu
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