List of shipwrecks of Southland explained

There is a long history of shipwrecks and vessels capsizing or being lost in the seas around the Southland Region of New Zealand.^[1] The worst incident was on 29 April 1881, when the SS Tararua struck Otara reef 13km (08miles) off Waipapa Point.^[2] Of the ship's 151 passengers, only 20 survived. This incident is the worst maritime disaster for civilian vessels in New Zealand's history. The disaster led to the establishment of a lighthouse at Waipapa Point.^{[3] [4]} Serious incidents with multiple fatalities have continued into the 21st century, and the Bluff Coastguard is often called upon to assist vessels in distress in Foveaux Strait.^[5]

Foveaux Strait

Ship	Year	Location	Description	Fatalities	Reference(s)
Unknown	1836	Wreckage between Passage Islands and Toetoes Bay	Unknown ship of about 300 tons	data-sort-value=999	Unknown	^[6]
Unknown	1858	Struck the sandbar between Aparima River beach and Steep Island	"Wedding boat" of eight or ten tons	data-sort-value=006	6+	^[7] ^[8]
Jack Frost	1864	Lost going from Bluff to Melbourne. Sheltered from a hurricane off Stewart Island and not seen again. Wreckage found at Doughboy Bay, Stewart Island and Chalky Inlet.	American ship built in 1857	data-sort-value=9999	all	^[9]
John		Abandoned at Invercargill	59 foot wooden two-masted schooner. Previously wrecked at Tasmania in 1852.	data-sort-value=000	nil
Cutter No 2		Lost going from Invercargill to Bluff to refloat Scotia, found and taken in tow by Electra, then abandoned due to rising water.	Lighter	data-sort-value=000	nil
James Daly	1866	Waikawa	schooner	data-sort-value=003	3	^[10]
Laughing Water	1870	SW of Pahia Point	411 ton wooden barque	data-sort-value=001	1	^[11]
Unknown	1875	off Orepuki	Whaleboat	data-sort-value=003	3	^[12]
Unknown		off Orepuki	Whaleboat	data-sort-value=007	7	^[13]
The William Ackers	1876	Waipapa Point	Cargo Ship	data-sort-value=008	8	^[14]
Halcyon	1877	Engine failure at Orepuke in Te Waewae Bay	34.55 tons gross, 24.35 tons net wooden twin-screw steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[15]
Sarah Jane	1879	Foveaux Strait	Cutter	data-sort-value=003	3	^[16]
Helen and Jane		Mussel Beach, Te Waewae Bay	60 ton schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[17]
SS Tararua	1881	Otara Reef 13km (08miles) offshore of Waipapa Point	Passenger steamer	data-sort-value=131	131	^[18]
Arrow		Anchor failure at Pahia	10 ton cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[19]
Lillie Denham	1883	Sank near Bunker Island in Foveaux Strait	31 tons gross, 21 tons net, wooden ketch-rigged screw steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[20]
Marie Ange	1884	Solander Island or Foveaux Strait	275 ton iron barque	data-sort-value=999	all	^[21]
Champion	1885	mouth of Paterson Inlet	Cutter, formerly a lifeboat on Champion of the Seas	data-sort-value=003	3	^[22]
Nellie	1888	11km (07miles) offshore of Dog Island	12 ton fishing schooner	data-sort-value=001	1	^[23]
Star of Erin	1892	Waipapa Point	Cargo Ship	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[24]
Camille		Foundered in Foveaux Strait after a pump failure	221 ton brigantine	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[25]
Philadelphia	1898	Wreckage at Orepuki	1,710 ton steel full-rigged ship	data-sort-value=999	all	^[26]
Aparima	1899	Colac Bay	22 ton schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[27]
Iris	1913	Between Ruapuke Island and Bluff	4 ton auxiliary cutter	data-sort-value=004	4	^[28]
Moana	1923	Monkey Island	Fishing launch	data-sort-value=000	nil
Mararoa	1930	Foveaux Strait	Fishing launch	data-sort-value=002	2	^[29]
Black Cat	1937	Sank at oyster beds near Bluff after colliding with Rita	28 tons gross, 9 tons net steamer. Previously called Riwaka	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[30]
Waikouaiti	1939	South-east corner of Dog Island	Cargo Ship	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[31]
Horouta	1942	Anchored at Raratoka Island (Centre Island), but dragged the anchor and went onto the northeast point of the island	65 tons gross, 25 tons net, twin screw scow, originally a schooner-rigged scow.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[32]
Sea Mew	1954	Foveaux Strait	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1	^[33]
Te Konini	1955	Ran aground in Colac Bay.	48 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Reo Moana	1959	Foveaux Strait	50 foot motor trawler	data-sort-value=003	3	^[34]
Madge	1960	Sank after engine trouble	36 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[35]
Star of the Sea	1963	Long Point, west of Tuatapere	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1	^[36]
Cascade	1967	Capsized by a freak wave near Riverton / Aparima	28 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[37]
Seabird	1971	Capsized in mountainous seas near Raratoka (Centre) Island	Wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[38]
Golden Spray		Omaui Island	Wooden fishing launch	data-sort-value=001	1	^[39]
Waimanu	1973	Driven ashore by a gail in Colac Bay. Two other fishing vessels were also driven ashore but did not suffer major damage.	36 foot wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Malibu	1974	Hit a submerged rock near Raratoka (Centre) Island	40.6 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[40]
Zephus	1977	Colac Bay	8.5 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[41]
Capri	1978	Solander Island	16 m wooden-hulled fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[42]
Aoteama		Foveaux Strait	Wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2
Venus	1980	Struck an object near Ruapuke Island	10.3 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Manaroa	1981	Drifted onto Solander Island after a gear failure	20.78 gross tons, 6.82 register tons wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Unknown	1984	off Stirling Point	Dinghy	data-sort-value=002	2	^[43]
Cygnet	1985	Foveaux Strait	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=003	3
Rangi	1987	Foveaux Strait	Wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2
Linda Marie	1988	Foveaux Strait	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2
Avenger	1996	Foveaux Strait	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[44]
Waterlily	1998	Ruapuke Island	48 foot launch, originally named Digger	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[45]
Unknown	2001	off Stirling Point	Dinghy	data-sort-value=001	1	^[46]
Unknown	2010	north of Dog Island	Dinghy	data-sort-value=001	1	^[47] ^[48]
Extreme 1	2012	off Ruapuke Island	Recreational fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[49] ^[50]
Torea		Green Island, near Ruapuke Island	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[51] ^[52]
Munetra	2014	Foveaux Strait	Yacht	data-sort-value=003	3	^[53] ^[54]
Ayson	2014	off Stirling Point	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[55]
Unknown	2024	Capsized on Riverton bar	Recreational vessel	data-sort-value=003	3	^[56] ^[57]

Stewart Island

Ship	Year	Location and notes	Description	Fatalities	Reference(s)
Industry	1831	Easy Harbour, southwest Stewart Island	Brig	data-sort-value=017	17
Workington	1857	Deliberately run aground at Smokey Cove due to a leaking hull	150 ton Brig	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[58]
Lochinvar	1863	Beached at Halfmoon Bay but subsequently salvaged and later wrecked in Fiji in 1868	199 ton Brig	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[59]
Pacific	1864	Paterson Inlet	347 tun Full-rigged ship	data-sort-value=000	nil
Zephyr	1866	Deliberately run aground in Paterson Inlet due to leaks. Salvaged and later wrecked in Bass Strait in 1882.	Schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[60]
Amherst		Taking on water and managed to reach Port William before sinking	93.1 foot wooden two-masted whaling brig. Later raised and reregistered.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[61]
Calypso		near Port William	152 ton Brig	data-sort-value=001	1	^[62]
Hannah	1881	Broad Bay	Cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[63]
Emilie	1890	Disabled by a hurricane west of Puysegur Point and ran aground at the southern point of Stewart Island after drifting for five days.	729 ton Barque	data-sort-value=009	9	^[64]
Eclipse	1894	off Paterson Inlet	33 ton Cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[65]
Cavalier	1901	Mason Bay	36 ton Ketch	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[66]
Thistle	1903	Halfmoon Bay	Racing cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[67]
Heather Bell	1907	Sealers Bay, Codfish Island / Whenua Hou	26 ton Cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[68]
Ruahine	1910	Halfmoon Bay	12 ton Auxiliary cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil
Nautilus	1911	Manning's Bay. Previously wrecked on Whale Island in 1867 and salvaged.	30 ton Cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil
Twilight	1929	Based at Stewart Island. Missing, fate unknown.	Wooden cutter	data-sort-value=003	3	^[69]
Kotare	1931	Paterson Inlet	147 tons gross, 83 tons net Wooden steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[70]
Valmai	1951	Edwards Island, one of the Tītī / Muttonbird Islands	Ketch rigged fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Inga	1952		Fishing launch	data-sort-value=000	nil
Ngaitahu	1953	East Ruggedy, northwest Stewart Island	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1	^[71]
Radium	1956	Halfmoon Bay	Launch	data-sort-value=000	nil
Skylark	1957	South Cape / Whiore	36 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Maranui	1960	Halfmoon Bay	37 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Little Glory		near Whero Island, Paterson Inlet	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[72]
Lena	1963		Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[73]
Marlborough		Mokinui / Big Moggy Island	40 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[74]
Chance		Southwest coast of Stewart Island	45 foot wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Scout		Johnsons Rock, north of Port Pegasus	48 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[75]
Britannia	1964		58 foot wooden vessel, originally a schooner, converted to steam and then diesel.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[76]
Marie	1965	Christmas Village Bay, northeast Stewart Island	40 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Sea Hawk	1966	Bench Island, east of Stewart Island	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Hananui	1968	Halfmoon Bay	38 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[77]
Westward Ho		White Rock, southeast Stewart Island	45 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Coral	1970		28 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Awarua		Later refloated and the transom replaced. Still active at Bluff in 2008.	37 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Mistral		Struck a rock near Codfish Island / Whenua Hou and sank near Yankee River mouth	41 foot wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Evening Star	1971	South Cape, near Murphy Island	47.5 foot wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[78]
Andrea	1972	Tia Island, Port Adventure, eastern Stewart Island	33 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Olga	1973	Murray River	9.75 m pleasure launch / trawler	data-sort-value=002	2	^[79]
Waikaremoana	1974	Whale Rock near Red Head	22.97 gross tons, 11.91 register tons, fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
San Marie	1975	Exploded and burnt near Murray River mouth	52 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Sou West			Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Sharon	1977	Ernest Island, southeast Stewart Island	22.90 gross tons, 9.12 register tons, fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Iona		Ernest Islands, west Stewart Island	12.5 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Harbinger	1978	Halfmoon Bay	11.5 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Kowhai		Broad Head, south Stewart Island	25.35 gross tons, 6.97 register tons, wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Mapua		Breaksea Islands	21.99 gross tons, 4.18 register tons, fibreglass fishing vessel	data-sort-value=003	3	^[80]
Peraki		Rammed by Psyche in Broad Passage (Big Ship Passage) between Pearl Island and Stewart Island	11.8 gross tons, 8.35 register tons, wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Wyoming	1980	Halfmoon Bay	10.5 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Muritai		Edwards Island	10.5 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Nederburg		Carter Passage, southeast of Halfmoon Bay	11 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Linda Carol	1981	Paterson Inlet	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Spray		Codfish Island / Whenua Hou	11.5 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Barend Jan			9 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Komuri		Rugged Islands, northwest Stewart Island	13.35 gross tons, 4.86 register tons, wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Annie	1983	Between Weka Island and Port Adventure	13 m wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Sea Star	1987	Seal Point near Port Pegasus	14 m wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[81]
Dong Won 529	1998	Breaksea Islands	68.4 m, 385 gross ton fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[82]
John A Settree	1999	Big Kuri Bay	42 foot cutter, formerly a pleasure boat	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[83]
Marine Maid	2000	Barclay Rock, east of Halfmoon Bay	59 foot cargo vessel, former trawler	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[84]
M N Subritzky		Near Edwards Island	11.58 m vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Bargara	2003	Hit a log nine miles from Codfish Island	21.6 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Kotuku	2006	Capsized near Womens Island	12.8 m, 26 ton fishing vessel	data-sort-value=006	6	^[85]
Easy Rider	2012	Capsized near Saddle Point	38 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=008	8	^[86]
Secret		Drifted into Horseshoe Bay after her moorings broke	33 foot ketch, built in Horseshoe Bay in 1898	data-sort-value=000	nil
Surest-700	2013	Grounded on rocks at Paterson Inlet. Ruptured fuel tanks spilled diesel.	88 m fishing trawler	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[87]
Henerata	2019	Capsized while crossing Paterson Inlet	Water taxi	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[88]

Bluff

Ship	Year	Location and notes	Description	Fatalities	Reference(s)
Success	1845	The cable fouled while raising anchor and the ship drifted onto rocks	82 ton schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil
Amazon	1852	Pelham Rock	77 foot schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[89]
William Hyde	1856	Bluff	111.8 foot wooden three-masted ship. Raised two years later and became a store ship at Port Chalmers.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[90] ^[91]
Oberon	1861	Struck a rock mid-channel, and was deliberately grounded at Hell Gate to prevent sinking. Later recovered and renamed Guiding Star.	102 tons gross, 69 tons net, iron screw steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[92]
Ocean Chief	1862	Driven ashore at "Taenae Point" (Tiwai Point?). Refloated, but burned by some of the crew 20 days later.	1026 ton Black Ball clipper ship	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[93] ^[94]
Flying Mist		Inadequately anchored, and after deserting crew members slipped a cable, the ship hit a rock in Bluff Harbour and sank.	1204 ton full-rigged ship	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[95]
Prince Albert		After salvaging cargo from the Flying Mist, and with the crew possibly drunk with salvaged alcohol, ran ashore at "Toitois Beach" (Toetoes Bay).	90 ton brig (probably)	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[96]
Time and Truth	1863	Stirling Point	539 ton barque	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[97]
Scotia	1864	Stirling Point	872 ton gross, 647 ton net barque-rigged steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[98]
Dorcas	1869	Tiwai Point	10 ton cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[99]
Carl	1874	Triangle Rock	167 ton brig. A former blackbirder.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[100]
Lerwick	1875	Anchor failure between Stirling and Burial points	14 ton cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[101]
Ann Gambles	1878	Tiwai Point	424 ton iron barque	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[102]
Anna	1880	Capsized at Bluff Harbour entrance	27-ton ketch	data-sort-value=003	3	^[103]
England's Glory	1881	Entrance to Bluff Harbour	751 ton iron barque, formerly a full-rigged ship	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[104] ^[105]
Pelham	1886	Lookout Point	423 tons gross, 228 tons net, iron screw steamer. Originally a brig, then a barque.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[106]
Kokeno		Lower anchorage. A cable parted and the ship drifted onto the shore. Later refloated and repaired.	Government-owned Schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil
Maid of Otago		Stirling Point. Struck the remains of the Pelham, the same night as the Kokeno wreck.	50 ton schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[107]
Elizabeth and Ulvaria Cameron	1889	Tiwai Point	40 ton schooner, 23-years old and called "a floating coffin".^[108]	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[109]
Clyde	1901	Bushy Point, near Fortrose	21 ton schooner, originally a 30 ton steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[110]
Madeline		Bluff Harbour	Unregistered ketch	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[111]
Brothers	1903	Benzene explosion and subsequent fire while docked at Bluff Harbour	54 ton auxiliary schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[112]
Okta	1913	Stirling Point. Same rock as Scotia, Maid of Otago and Pelham.	1110 tons gross, 1058 tons net, iron barque. Originally named Jessie Osborne and then Mariposa.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[113]
Dolly Varden	1919	Bluff Harbour	28 tons gross, 17 tons net, auxiliary schooner	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[114]
Konini	1924	Whale Head (Southwest Point)	1420 tons gross, 833 tons net, steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[115]
Loyalty	1925	Sank at the wharf after explosives were detonated in an attempt to float the body of a fisherman.	101 tons gross, 24 tons net, wooden screw steamer. Formerly a French gunboat.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[116]
Unnamed	1928	Between Port Craig and Bluff. Wreckage found at Ocean Beach, body found at Stirling Point.	6.5 m launch	data-sort-value=001	1	^[117]
Lily	1933	Drifted onto rocks after water in the carburettor caused an engine failure in Bluff Harbour.	13 ton auxiliary ketch	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[118]
Stella Maris	1952	Tiwai Point	fishing launch	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[119]
Golden Prion	1978	Sank near Stirling Point after colliding with the oyster dredger Torea	53.82 tons gross, 16.76 register tons, wooden oyster fishing vessel. Previously called Prion.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[120]
Olivia	1979	Barracouta Point	11.95 m steel-hulled fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[121]

Fiordland

Ship	Year	Location and notes	Description	Fatalities	Reference(s)
Endeavour	1795	In poor condition, and struck a rock in Dusky Sound. First known Pākehā ship wrecked in New Zealand.	700–800 ton ship	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[122]
Alarm	1880	Struck a reef at the entrance to Taiari / Chalky Inlet. Reported lost but arrived at Stewart Island later.	Unregistered cutter	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[123] ^[124]
Firefly	1881	Left Bluff for Sydney with four or five passengers. Possibly sank off Puysegur Point.	174 ton brig or barque	data-sort-value=005	5+	^[125] ^[126]
Try Again	1887	Wrecked near Martins Bay	Cutter. Formerly a lifeboat. Capsized on two previous occasions with 16 and 4 deaths.	data-sort-value=004	4	^[127]
Waikare	1910	Between Indian Island and Passage Islands in Dusky Sound	3071 tons gross, 1901 tons net, steel screw steamer	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[128]
Aurora	1951	Struck a log near Puysegur Point.	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[129]
Morning Star	1953	Leaking badly and with an engine failure, drifted onto rocks near Puysegur Point	48 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[130]
Anna		Breaksea Island	35 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Eileen	1954	Dagg Sound	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[131]
Bisonia	1957	Pigeon Island, in Dusky Sound	Fishing vessel. Sank some years previously in Fiordland but was refloated and refitted.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[132]
Gekeita		Coal Island	fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[133]
Seaforth	1959	Puysegur Point	motor trawler	data-sort-value=002	2	^[134]
Rosie	1961	Swept onto rocks at First Arm, Doubtful Sound after an engine failure	33 foot double-ended fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[135]
Amokura		Near George Sound	40 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[136]
Rakoa	1962	Entrance of Charles Sound	47 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[137]
Manurere II	1963	Little Goat Island, Doubtful Sound	40 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[138]
Myth	1964	Looking Glass Bay	Wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[139]
Marangi	1965	Dusky Sound	fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[140]
Star II	1966	Breaksea Sound	25 foot steel fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[141]
Belle	1967	Struck a submerged log near Big River mouth	46 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[142]
Harmony		Struck a submerged rock near Big River mouth	58 foot fishing vessel, formerly a drifter in Scotland	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[143]
Julia	1969	Bauza Island, Doubtful Sound	36 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Annette	1971	Struck a rock in Chalky Inlet	37 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[144]
Star of the Sea		A large wave near Dagg Sound stove in some planks and the crew could not control the ingress of water	37 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Abel Tasman		After to an engine failure the ship was swept onto the coast near George Sound	32 foot steel-hulled fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[145]
Tarewai		Dagg Sound	21 ton wooden fishing vessel, originally a steam ferry in Otago Harbour, then a motor ferry in Auckland	data-sort-value=000	nil
Wee Lee		Took on water near Stirling Falls in Milford Sound, and the engine could not be started. A hand pump was unable to control the ingress of water.	31.6 foot fishing vessel, previously called Clifton	data-sort-value=000	nil
Twilight	1972	Struck a rock near George Sound	34.6 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[146]
Vital Spark		West Cape	32 foot steel fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[147]
Scorpio		Developed a leak north of Milford Sound. While being towed, caught fire and sank.	34 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Sea Rover		Near Coal River mouth, a large wave carried the Sea Rover onto a rock.	31.03 ton wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Rakiura		Struck a rock near Yates Point, Milford Sound	48 foot fishing vessel, built about 1920 and rebuilt in 1955	data-sort-value=000	nil
Shado		Cascade Cove, Dusky Sound	24 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[148]
Kaiteke		Caswell Sound	29 foot fibreglass fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1	^[149]
Ranger		Capsized by three huge waves west of Coal River mouth	45.33 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[150]
Weatherley	1973	Sank after a fire near Poison Bay, south of Milford Sound	21.96 ton fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Stina		Struck a rock near Caswell Sound	17.54 ton wooden fishing vessel, built in 1933, and previously involved in a collision with Rosina in 1947.	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[151]
Westwind		Breaksea Island	fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1	^[152]
Coralyn	1974	The engine failed due to a rope fouling the propellor, and Coralyn struck rocks near Cape Providence at the entrance to Chalky Inlet.	40 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Neta		Drifted onto rocks in Breaksea Sound after the engine failed	36.08 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
James McLaren		Disappeared in choppy seas probably near West Cape	45 foot steel-hulled fishing vessel	data-sort-value=003	3	^[153]
Carole Ann	1975	Struck a rock near Breaksea Island	45 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Catalina	1978	Struck a submerged rock in Dagg Sound	35.08 foot fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Vega	1979	Puysegur Point	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Kaikoura		Fiordland	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Seeker		An explosion on board started a fire, and Seeker sank in Doubtful Sound despite a helicopter dousing the fire with a monsoon bucket.	13.7 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Plucky		Holed near Cape Providence and beached in Chalky Inlet.	11.7 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Donald Duck		Struck rocks near Doubtful Sound due to the engine being unresponsive to controls	10 m steel-hulled fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Fredian	1980	Charles Sound	Fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[154]
Hercules		Near South Arm of George Sound	11.62 m plywood and fibreglass-hulled fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[155]
Tiki		Near Secretary Island	8 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=002	2	^[156]
Valkyr		Caught fire off the coast between Doubtful and Dagg sounds and abandoned by the crew	15 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[157]
Jo Ann	1981	Hit an unseen rock and sand between Nancy and Charles sounds	10.97 m wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Destiny	1982	Hit a submerged object and sank near Bauza Island in Doubtful Sound	10.9 m fibreglass fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Angela		Hit rocks and sank near Secretary Island	11.2 m wooden fishing vessel, built in 1913	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[158]
Marenka		Found wrecked near Secretary Island	9 m fibreglass fishing vessel. The two crew members had been on the Angela wreck earlier in 1982	data-sort-value=002	2	^[159]
Medora		Sank at Helena Falls, Deep Cove, after her bilge pump batteries failed	33 ton schooner, built in 1879	data-sort-value=000	nil
Ajax	1985	Washed onto rocks by a large wave at Seal Island in Dusky Sound	13 m fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Rebel	1986	Prices Point at the Big River mouth	13.5 m wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1
Zeus		Capsized near West Cape	11 m wooden fishing vessel with a hard chine hull	data-sort-value=001	1
Bounty	1987	Capsized between Breaksea and Dagg sounds	10 m wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1
Loralei	1988	Capsized in Knife and Steel Harbour	13 m steel fishing vessel	data-sort-value=001	1
Ranginui	1995	Flooded and sank while moored in Breaksea Sound	28.73 m motor vessel, built in 1936 and a former coastal trader	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[160]
Privateer	2002	Struck a log off Puysegur Point	37.6 foot wooden double-ender	data-sort-value=000	nil
Solander	2007	Hit a rock near Gates Harbour	13 m recreational fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Faith	2008	Hit something in Bowen Channel, Dusky Sound	4 m pleasure boat, formerly a fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Waverley		Hit a submerged object near the Shelter Islands in Doubtful Sound, and sank while under tow near Matai Island	15.5 m tourist boat	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[161]
Victor Hugo	2010	Struck Whale Rock in Preservation Inlet due to sunstrike	14.7 m wooden fishing vessel	data-sort-value=000	nil
Charlie Cat	2012	Took on water after the steering failed, and sank near Pack Point in Doubtful Sound	12 m aluminium catamaran	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[162]
Sharcaree		Capsized near Chalky Inlet after being hit by a rogue wave	17.71 m wooden fishing boat	data-sort-value=000	nil	^[163]
Governor		Wrecked near Yates Point when the net snagged.	11.5 m fishing boat	data-sort-value=002	2	^[164]
Amethyst	2013	Struck a rock near Petrel Islands, Dusky Sound	12 m steel fishing boat	data-sort-value=002	2

References

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