SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War

SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
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Title: SHIP ON SHORE: The Story of The Osprey Brig of War
Author(s): FOSTER, Jane
ISBN: 0908644000
Category: Boats & Marine
New / Used: Used
Book Type: Small Hardcover with Dust Jacket
Published: 1982
Published By: Rowfant
Edition: 1st edition
Pages: 142
Size (mm): 160 w x 235 h x 20 d

Condition

Immaculate with only light shelf wear on dust jacket, otherwise near new. Images depict all need to know detail.

About

The brig HMS Osprey was completed at Portsmouth in 1844. Two years later she was wrecked at Herekino on the north west coast of the North Island on NZ.

Initially the small warship was assigned to anti-pirate patrols in South East Asia and then directed to carry out surveys on the NZ coast. Her loss came six months after she arrived, in which time she completed some valued work on inshore waters then inadequately charted. This account of the wreck follows the experiences of the ship's complement after they made it to shore without loss, camped on the beach for almost two months, salvaging as much as possible from the Osprey, them tramping overland to the Bay of Islands.

Illustrated with monochrome images, portrait on title page.

Remarks

Scarce in this condition.

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