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Patea River Entrance
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DescriptionPatea Bar and entrance with ss WAITANGI on the beach
The Patea bar on a calm day but still with a typical heavy surge running in between the training walls. The narrow entrance can be seen that gave little margin for error, and was partly shoaled on the south side Although many ships were stranded and damaged on the Patea bar the short fetch between the bar and the beach enabled most to be salvaged, but many of those salvaged proved to be constructive total losses anyway and were broken up. Some of these constructive total losses are not recorded as losses against the port. Sixteen others, like the Waitangi shown here on the west beach, left their bones around the river mouth forever. The remains of some wrecks can still be seen today. J Churchhouse from S C Smith Collection
PhotographerS C Smith
The Patea bar on a calm day but still with a typical heavy surge running in between the training walls. The narrow entrance can be seen that gave little margin for error, and was partly shoaled on the south side Although many ships were stranded and damaged on the Patea bar the short fetch between the bar and the beach enabled most to be salvaged, but many of those salvaged proved to be constructive total losses anyway and were broken up. Some of these constructive total losses are not recorded as losses against the port. Sixteen others, like the Waitangi shown here on the west beach, left their bones around the river mouth forever. The remains of some wrecks can still be seen today. J Churchhouse from S C Smith Collection
PhotographerS C SmithConnections
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New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (30th Aug 2019). Patea River Entrance. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 24th Oct 2021 00:24, from https://www.nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/1383