THE ORPHEUS DISASTER
Thayler Fairburn
ISBN0473005387

A full account of New Zealand's worst ever shipwreck that occured on the Manukau Bar in Feburary, 1863 when H.M.S. Orpheus went down with the loss of 186 lives, including the Commodore of the Australasian division Royal Navy.

Whakatane & District Historical Society, 1987. Softback. 243 pages. SECONDHAND