Orlando HMS (Ship)

Date: 1887-1891

Reference: PA1-q-610

Description: There are three main themes in this album. 1. The Royal Navy, Australian Squadron, based at Sydney. Pictures of naval cadets and war ships, some of which are in dry dock. The creator of the album, or a relative, seems to have been associated with HMS Orlando. Many photos of this ship appear in the album. The Orlando served as the flagship of the Australian Squadron from July 1888 to December 1897. The Sydney Morning Herald reported on 11th Feb 1889 that HMS Orlando and Dart were docked in Calliope Dock, Auckland, because Sydney facilities could not undertake the work. There are a number of Photographs of HMS Orlando in dock at Auckland in this album. Thus the photos of officers and naval cadets may also have associations with the Orlando. There are also 3 photos of a gun accident which occurred on the HMS Cordelia of the Australian Squadron. This happened on the 26 June 1891 while the Cordelia was on a cruize from Fiji to Noumea. During Gun Practice a gun burst killing 6 ratings and wounding 13 others. The photos show the broken gun casing littering the deck. 2. Of the New Zealand section much of it concentrates on the town of Lawrence. Many of the captions and photographs relate to the Anglican parsonage at Lawrence. This suggests the possibility of the album belonging to the Vicar or a member of his family. If this were the case, and given the period of the late 1880s-early 1890s, it may be associated with the Rev George Pice Beaumont vicar and archdeacon from 1872 to 1900. On the other hand the name of Beaumont does not appear anywhere in the album. 3. Samoan civil wars of the late 1880s and the hurricane of 1889 Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s).

Date: January 1889

From: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936 :Negatives

By: Wright, Henry Charles Clarke, 1844-1936

Reference: 1/1-020418-G

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).

Date: 1889

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[Fiordland sketches. 1880s]

Reference: E-119-q-029

Description: View of two vessels in Milford Sound with Mitre Peak in the background Inscriptions: Verso - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 145 x 235 mm

Date: 1889

By: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921

Reference: A-231-040

Description: Two warships and a smaller tender in Milford Sound Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 135 x 230 mm Provenance: Donated by the Wildey family, August 1968

Date: 1889

By: Brown, Thomas and Company; Blundell Brothers Ltd

Reference: C-059-014

Description: Ships in Wellington Harbour. Identifies Raven, Calliope, Orlando, Lizard, Rapid, Opal. Inscriptions: On image: Evening Post, Wellington Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 163 x 535 mm on sheet 260 x 640 mm Transfers: To Other - Transferred from: Pam 1889 BLU (acc.61,654).

Date: 1889

By: Edwin, Robert Atherton, 1839-1911; Gorton, Millicent, 1877-1966

Reference: C-059-001

Description: View from the waterfront at Wellington looking towards the Hutt Valley. two small boats in the foreground, a floating barrel, and the six Australian ships in the middle distance. The ships are identified as Calliope, Raven, Orlando, Rapid, Lizard and Opal The artist was a commander in the Royal Navy who came to New Zealand, joining the public service in 1871, He became the first Director of the Meteorological Service in 1900. Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 508 x 749 mm

Date: 1867-1897

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3043

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1889

From: Moreton, Samuel Horatio, 1845?-1921 :[Fiordland sketches. 1880s]

Reference: E-119-q-028

Description: View of two vessels in Milford Sound Other Titles - H.M.S. Orlando Inscriptions: Verso - Title Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil, 145 x 235 mm

Date: 1857, 1861, 1863

From: Hayter, Francis, 1843-1891 : Logbooks and farm diaries

Reference: Micro-MS-0244-1

Description: Log of the proceedings of HMS Victory, 12-27 Mar 1857; Log of HMS Furious, 28 Mar 1857-6 Jan 1859. Portsmouth, Madiera, Rio, Singapore, Manila, Hong Kong, Canton, Shanghai; Log of HMS Chesapeake, 9 Jun-12 Oct 1861. Singapore, Mauritius, Cape of Good Hope, St Helena, Ascension, England; Log of HMS Formidable, 17 Oct-17 Dec 1861; Log of HMS Orlando, 17 Dec 1861-26 Mar 1863. Plymouth, Halifax, Bermuda, Jamaica, Port Royal, Vera Cruz, Rio, Havana, Bermuda; Private journal - HMS Orlando, beginning 16 Aug 1863 (incomplete, 1 page only) Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).

Date: 1843-1938

From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm

Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3076

Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s). Finding Aids: Detailed inventory available.

Date: 1 Jan 1890 - 3 Jan 1891

By: Dack, Frederick, 1871-1947

Reference: MSX-9428

Description: Volume comprised of two separate works - a journal account and a photographic documentation. The first is a written account on 207 pages by the Ordinary Seaman Frederick Dack describing his naval experiences aboard the HMS 'Orlando' and the HMS 'Dart' in 1890-1891. The account commences on 1 January 1890 when Dack, who joined the crew of the HMS 'Orlando' at Sydney after travelling from England on the Orient Line's 'Iberia' the previous year, describes both life on board and on shore at Sydney. Departing from Sydney on 6 January, the account goes on to describe the sighting of Stewart Island and entering Milford Sound on 11 January, arrival at Port Chalmers on 12 January and at Akaroa the following day. The voyage continues to Lyttelton Harbour on 16 January, Wellington Harbour 21 January, White Island on 25 January and Auckland the following day. Preparation and participation in the Auckland Anniversary Regatta is described. The expedition departs from Auckland on 18 February and after calling at Russell in the Bay of Island, heads for Tasmania, arriving at Hobart on 25 February, and from there to Melbourne via Bass Strait on 15 March. Dack served on the HMS 'Orlando' until 8 May 1890 when he joined the crew of the survey ship HMS 'Dart' and left Australia for the Pacific on 22 May 1890. The journal then gives an account of visits to a number of Pacific Islands and closes with a final entry dated 3 January 1891 after the ship has returned to Sydney. The second, commencing backwards from the lower boards of the volume is a photographic work created by the hydrographic surveyor Lieutenant Boyle Somerville aboard the HMS 'Dart'. Photographs depict shipboard life aboard the HMS 'Dart' as well as capturing views and scenes from the lives of the local peoples of Vanuatu, Samoa, Tonga, Norfolk Island, and other Pacific Islands. Also includes a portrait of Victor Doucere and four portraits of unidentified Māori women. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 1 volume(s). 0.03 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss, holograph, printed matter and photographic prints. Volume half-bound in black leather with marbled paper boards, edges and endpapers, 183 leaves of ruled unwatermarked laid paper, 24 x 18 cm; includes 139 photographic prints mounted on 81 pages, with 79 blank pages between the two sections of the volume.

Date: 1888

From: [Fox, William] 1812-1893 :Sydney. Public Gardens and Domain. Harbour and North Shore. 1888

By: Fox, William, 1812-1893

Reference: WC-099

Description: Botanical gardens with Norfolk pine in foreground, headland curving to right with harbour and ship H.M.S.Orlando in middle ground, part of North Shore in background Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Pencil & watercolour forming part 3 of a 6 part panorama 237 x 286 mm

Date: 1889

By: Aubrey, Christopher, active 1868-1906

Reference: C-030-025

Description: Shows Australian squadron (Orlando, Calliope, Opal, Raven, Lizard & Rapid) in Wellington harbour, Jan. 1889 View includes The Terrace on the left, Te Aro Street in the foreground, Willis Street with St John's and St Peter's spires. The gasworks are also prominent on the shore, towards Oriental Bay on the right. The view is very similar to the central part of the work at D-032-002, and the scale of the drawing is very similar. Like D-032-002, "Wellington from Brooklyn", but unlike most other Aubrey works held by the Library, this work uses some gum arabic in the foreground. Reproduced 1979 as one of ATL Endowment Trust prints Inscriptions: Recto - bottom right - C Aubrey 1889 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour and gum arabic, 330 x 510 mm