Wreckage from the
schooner was discovered off the east coast of New Zealand's South Island in June 1867, several months after the vessel was reported missing.[7]
The
survey ship ran aground in the
River Niger. She came under cannon fire from the local inhabitants, with two of her crew killed. She was refloated after 11 days and taken in to
Lagos in a severely damaged condition.[8]
^
ab"The West Coast of Africa". Daily News. No. 6707. London. 1 November 1867.
^"Ship News". The Times. No. 25890. London. 15 August 1867. col F, p. 11.
^Wingfield, Chris (2015). "Ship's bell, United Kingdom". In Jacobs, Karen; Knowles, Chantal; Wingfield, Chris (eds.). Trophies, Relics and Curios?: Missionary Heritage from Africa and the Pacific. Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 127–9.
ISBN978-90-8890-271-0.
Wreckage from the
schooner was discovered off the east coast of New Zealand's South Island in June 1867, several months after the vessel was reported missing.[7]
The
survey ship ran aground in the
River Niger. She came under cannon fire from the local inhabitants, with two of her crew killed. She was refloated after 11 days and taken in to
Lagos in a severely damaged condition.[8]
^
ab"The West Coast of Africa". Daily News. No. 6707. London. 1 November 1867.
^"Ship News". The Times. No. 25890. London. 15 August 1867. col F, p. 11.
^Wingfield, Chris (2015). "Ship's bell, United Kingdom". In Jacobs, Karen; Knowles, Chantal; Wingfield, Chris (eds.). Trophies, Relics and Curios?: Missionary Heritage from Africa and the Pacific. Leiden: Sidestone Press. pp. 127–9.
ISBN978-90-8890-271-0.