World / New Zealand / Southland / Bluff, 457 km from center Coordinates: 50°29'4"S   166°18'12"E

Wreck of the Derry Castle


Iron barque,22 crew,1 passenger,cargo of wheat,bound from Geelong to Falmouth.Grounded in storm March 1887,8 survivors built punt to reach Erebus Cove castaway depot.Rescued by "Awarua", July 1887.
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