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Thread #11739 Message #3279956
Posted By: GUEST,999
25-Dec-11 - 08:06 PM
Thread Name: Song about ship named 'Orpheus'
Subject: RE: Song about ship named 'Orpheus'
"1863 HMS Orpheus shipwreck
On 7 February the Royal Navy steam corvette HMS Orpheus, carrying British troops, foundered at the entrance to Auckland's Manukau Harbour. Of the 259 men on board, 189 died in the worst maritime disaster in New Zealand waters."