A Lyttelton Wreck
Sir, —In “The Press” of October 28 was a picture of a rusting anchor recovered from the depths of Lyttelton Harbour. As a child, I lived in Lyttelton. In our frequent walks up the Sumner road to the “zig-zag” and often over and down to Sumner and back, we would gaze across the harbour at white masts standing starkly up against the cliffs. We were told that they were the masts of a sailing vessel, the May Queen. She had sailed safely across the stormy seas from Home, but, sad to say, was wrecked within Lyttelton Harbour. There was no loss of life. Possibly that rusty anchor belonged to the May Queen. For many years the masts remained standing. Will there not be a record somewhere of that mishap?—Yours, etc., INTERESTED.
November 6, 1964. [The barque May Queen (781 tons gross), owned by Captain J. Leslie, was wrecked near Red Rock, on the south side of Lyttelton Harbour, on January 26, 1888.]
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Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30593, 9 November 1964, Page 12
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165A Lyttelton Wreck Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30593, 9 November 1964, Page 12
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