Veronica (Ship)

Date: [ca 1920]

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2465

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1836-1922

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-1963

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1930-1934

By: Lythgoe, Mary Wilhelmina Margaret, 1923-2010

Reference: PAColl-5437

Description: Includes views of Dipton, Alexandra, Invercargill, Gore and Australia; and ships Rangitane, Golden Harvest (in Wellington floating dock after stranding on Barrett's Reef), Cobar, Monowai, Veronica and HMAS Canberra. Quantity: 35 b&w original photographic print(s).

Date: 2-5 Feb 1931

Reference: MS-Papers-3359

Description: Extracts from wireless messages exchanged between ships Taranaki, Northumberland and Veronica, and coast stations during the Napier earthquake. Port Ahuriri, Napier, 2-5 Feb 1931 The Taranaki, Northumberland and Veronica were berthed at Port Ahuriri during the earthquake. Quantity: 1 folder(s) (16 leaves). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (photocopy)

Date: 1931

From: Shore Bennett, Beverley Doris, 1928- :Photographs

By: Sorrell, Percy C, 1882-1965; Hurst, Arthur Bendigo, 1890-1964

Reference: PAColl-7956

Description: Photographs of Napier showing damage caused by the 1931 earthquake, and negative and print wallets ca 1920s-1940s. Includes views of St John's Cathedral and HMS Veronica at the wharf, andf the new shopping area in Clive Square. The photographers include Percy Sorrell and A B Hurst. Quantity: 26 b&w original photographic print(s). 10 item(s) of photographic ephemera (print and negative wallets). Physical Description: Photographic prints, ephemera

Date: 1871-1874

Reference: qMS-0434

Description: Memoranda of various ships chartered for the New Zealand run, 1871-1874, mostly by the Shaw Savill Company. A list of the ships is bound at the beginning of the volume Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Mss and typescript (26 cm; blue linen)

Date: [19--]

From: Harris family: Papers

Reference: MSDL-2037

Description: Electronic document is a first hand account of the 1931 Napier earthquake by John Harris from the ship `HMS Diomede'. Harris recounts the vessels `HMS Dunedin' and `HMS Diomede' sailing from Auckland to come to the aid of the `HMS Veronica' which was aground at Port Ahuriri, Napier after the earthquake. Harris continues to recount the relief effort in Napier and the effect of the earthquake on the local population and their buildings. He relates the task of retrieving dead bodies from the rubble and the subsequent aftershocks which continued to occur in the region. The `HMS Diomede' spent six days in Napier before sailing back to Auckland. The vessel then returned to Napier ten months later and Harris notes the changes in Napier over those months. Harris returned to Napier for the fifitieth anniversary of the disaster in 1981. Harris' original manuscript was transcribed by Ann Baker (date unknown). Quantity: 1 Electronic document(s).

Date: 1931

Reference: MS-Papers-2418-5-01

Description: Photograph by A B Hurst, from which was produced a series of postcards featuring the aftermath of the Napier Earthquake, of which this is no. 6. Quantity: 1 photograph. Physical Description: Black and white print

Date: 1931

Reference: MS-Papers-2418-5-02

Description: Photograph probably by A B Hurst, who produced a series of postcards featuring the aftermath of the Napier Earthquake. Sailors were quartered on HMS Veronica, berthed at Port Ahuriri. Quantity: 1 photograph. Physical Description: Black and white print