The Wreck of the Jane Douglas, 1901
A British ship, called the "Jane Douglas," of the Port of Lyttelton,
on the 10th day of August 1901, ran aground at Okura, Westland, New
Zealand.
The "Jane Douglas" is schooner-rigged. Her port of
registry Lyttelton, her registered tonnage 75. The vessel was not
insured.
The Board of Trade inquirey found that the official
number of said ship called the "Jane Douglas" is 37,110, of which
Christian Theodor Julius Andersen is master, who holds a certificate
of competency as master, home trade, No. 5331, issued by the Marine
Department of New Zealand, and which ship belonged to William Keech,
of Kurrara, storekeeper.
That the loss or damage appears by
the evidence to have been caused by becoming stranded on the South
Spit, Okura River, Westland, New Zealand.
Damage done was to
two plates, broken, three damaged, and rivets started. No lives were
lost through the casualty.
The steamer "Jane Douglas" became
stranded on the South Spit of the Okura River on 10th August, 1901,
through taking the bar when it was dangerous. This was the captain's
first trip.
The weather was thick and hazy, and it was
difficult to distinguish the signals shown by the harbourmaster. The
captain and the mate understood that the practice was that when, at
high water, the beacons remained up it was to be taken that the bar
was safe. Acting on this, as the signals were not distinguishable,
and as the beacons remained up, an effort was made at high tide to
effect an entrance. The harbourmaster was unable to decide till it
was high tide whether the bar would be workable, and, being then
engaged in trying to make the flag indicating "bar dangerous"
visible in the then prevailing wind, which blew from the shore
towards the ship, he was unable to reach the beacons in time to
lower them, and no blame is attachable to him.
See also:
Ships named Douglas
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