Ship "Vixen"


1867 Mar 14	Shipwreck
1867 Aug 01	Shipwreck

AJHR 1867 Section E6 page 22
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 14 Mar 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 17
Number of Crew		: 
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: 
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Wind Direction		: 
Wind Force		: 
Place of Accident	: Oamaru Bay

Finding of Court of Inquiry
Went ashore during heavy sea.

Remarks
Not damaged; has since been re-launched.

AJHR 1868 Section E6 page 16
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 1 Aug 1867
Age and Class of Vessel	: 
Rig			: Schooner
Register Tonnage	: 17
Number of Crew		: 
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: 
Nature of Casualty	: Total wreck
Number of Lives Lost	: 2
Wind Direction		: SE
Wind Force		: Gale
Place of Accident	: Ninety-Mile Beach

Finding of Court of Inquiry
Cable parted; no blame attaches to master.

Remarks
Master and one seaman drowned. Number of crew and nature or
cargo not reported.