Ship "Jane Elkin"


1866 Dec 18	Shipwreck
1867 Jan 05	Shipwreck
1868 Aug 22	Shipwreck

AJHR 1867 Section E6 page 22
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 18 Dec 1866
Age and Class of Vessel	: 3 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 28
Number of Crew		: 3
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Coals
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Light breeze
Place of Accident	: Grey River

Finding of Court of Inquiry
Heavy swell on bar caused tug to ground.

AJHR 1867 Section E6 page 22
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 5 Jan 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 3 years
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 28
Number of Crew		: 7
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: 
Nature of Casualty	: Foundered
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: 
Wind Force		: 
Place of Accident	: Grey River

Finding of Court of Inquiry
Fell from ways in re-launching.

AJHR 1869 Section E4 page 30
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 22 Aug 1868
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Ketch
Register Tonnage	: 28
Number of Crew		: 4
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: Partly laden, general
Nature of Casualty	: Ran on shore
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: SW
Wind Force		: Moderate
Place of Accident	: North Spit, entrance to Grey River


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Wreck caused by the master attempting to sail across the Grey
bar when it was impassable. The master exonerated, as he was
compelled to run in, from there being neither water nor
provisions on board.

Remarks
The vessel is believed to have become a total wreck.