Wreck Of The SS Waitangi - Patea Beach

            An eight vertical image panorama stitched in Lightroom. I used a long exposure for each frame to help the sea blend and stitch together fairly seamlessly - seems to have worked quite well!

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© Dominic Scott 2023

The steamer SS Waitangi was built at Grangemouth Dock, England in 1889, and was originally named 'Banks Peninsula', but the name changed to 'Waitangi' in 1896. The ship was bought by the Pātea Farmers Freezing Company in early 1919. SS Waitangi was a 171-ton steel twin-screw steamer, 120 ft, long and 20 ft wide. Before she came to Pātea she had been engaged by the Kauri Timber Co. as a tug for hauling rafts. The passenger accommodation was removed, and the vessel was insulated in preparation for its new cargo of frozen meat. She traded between Wellington and Patea, assisting the SS Waverley also owned by the Patea Freezing Company. On outward voyages the steamer’s cargo would be frozen carcases, and inward would be goods for local business.
Just before midday on 5 May 1923 the SS Waitangi made her final voyage into the Pātea River mouth with a cargo of 46 ton of chaff for the Pātea Farmers Co-op. Captain W Brigden was in control of the vessel until it struck the end of the Western Breakwater, ripping holes in the starboard side and went aground on the Western Beach. All crew escaped unharmed, and the cargo was retrieved undamaged. Efforts were made to salvage her, holes were patched, and the SS Waverley towed her out to sea on a high tide but it didn’t go to plan. The tow cable had to be cut leaving the SS Waitangi to drift back onto the beach where she originally wreaked, and where the remains can still be seen today.

Taken in: New Zealand / Taranaki / Patea (show map)

Taken on: October 24, 2023

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Camera: Sony ILCE-7RM3, f/16.0, 8 sec, 164mm, ISO 100 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony ILCE-7RM3
Lens:	FE 70-200mm F2.8 GM OSS II
Aperture:	f/16.0
Exposure Time:	8
Focal Length:	164mm
ISO:	100
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	Uncalibrated
Software:	Adobe Photoshop Lightroom Classic 13.0.1 (Windows)
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