Penguins / March 2021
November 2021 | December 2020-
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SS Penguin
- Friends of Karori Cemetery
- On the evening of 12 February 1909, the SS Penguin left Picton for Wellington in fine weather.Conditions quickly deteriorated as the Penguin reached Cook Strait. After changing course again to ride out the storm, the ship struck rocks and began to sink in heavy seas.The evacuation did not go well as the lifeboats quickly capsized. […]
- Accepted from Friends of Karori Cemetery stories by tonytw1
- Tagged as:
- penguins
Karori Cemetery, Northland, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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