"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."

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http://www.edmistontrust.org.nz/artwork/details/wreck-of-hms-orpheus-on-manukau-.html

Admiral Richard Brydges Beechey's painting and some history available at that link. (Takes 3 minutes to read.)