On This Day - 07 February 1863

The screw corvette HMS ORPHEUS, (CDRE William Burnett, RN), flagship of the Australia Station, was wrecked at the entrance to Manukau Harbour, New Zealand. Of the 256 ship’s crew, 187, including CDRE Burnett, and a number of Australian Midshipmen, were lost. ORPHEUS was less than two years old.

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