Stormbird (Ship : 1854-1916)

Date: 1873

From: Hodgkins, William Mathew 1833-1898 :[Sketchbooks] 1890-1893

Reference: E-315-q-3-026

Description: Shows the `Stormbird' in rough seas at Perpendicular Head or Perpendicular Point. The view is from the sea, looking towards the land Watercolour is loose inside the sketchbook, and removed from another slightly smaller sketchbook; possibly sketchbook E-016-1, which has a faint drawing on page 58, with title Perpendicular Head from deck, Stormbird 1873. Dating: dated 1873 from related drawing in sketchbook E-016-1-058 On verso: small pencil sketches of a mountain range, a sheep or cow, part of a fence (?) and the peak of a mountain, possibly Mount Cook Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour on loose sheet of paper, 102 x 175 mm, inside sketchbook

Date: 1871 - 1873

From: [Hodgkins, William Mathew] 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1871-1873]

Reference: E-016-1-058

Description: A very faint drawing of a steep headland, Perpendicular Point The opposite page has an unfinished outline of hills A related watercolour is on a loose page in Hodgkins' sketchbook E-315-q-3-026 'Perpendicular Head. The 'Storm Bird'' Previously catalogued as showing Perpendicular Head, Antipodes Island. However Hodgkins is not known to have sailed near remote sub-Antarctic Antipodes Island in 1873 (or any other date) Other Titles - Perpendicular Point Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil on sketchbook page, 78 x 148 mm (page size)

Date: ca 1910

By: East, Ronald (Sir), active 1974

Reference: PAColl-3105

Description: Quantity: 1 b&w copy photographic print(s).

Date: 1874, 1934, 2002

By: Holmes family

Reference: MS-Papers-7431

Description: Comprises scrapbook compiled by Joseph Holmes and members of the Holmes family after the near wrecking of the `Strathnaver' on Barrett's Reef in Wellington Harbour and its rescue by the `Stormbird' 30 Aug 1874; includes photocopies of the original log kept by Lancelot Holmes, clippings from newspapers, copies of photographs, report of the salvage case against the `Strathnaver', and listings from the `Mercantile navy list and maritime directory' (1872). John Moffat has included contents and illustrations. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript, printed matter and illustrations (photocopied)

Date: 16 August 1911

From: Cowan family: Collection

Reference: A-472-018

Description: Ink drawing depicting the steamer 'Stormbird' in open water. Inscriptions: Verso - top left - J. Cowan [in pencil]; Verso - bottom left - From a sket[ch] [in ink]; Verso - centre - The SS "Stormbird", as she was in the Sixties [in ink] Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Ink on paper, 127 x 215 mm

Date: [ca 1887-1970s]

From: New Zealand Seafarers' Union : Records

Reference: 91-213-25

Description: Includes delegate's authority on ship's; awards and agreements; printed matter including newspaper cuttings; photographs including MV Matua at Auckland; personal photos of Ian Burnett; Richard Prebble, Jim Knox, Bill Jefferies and others at a restaurant with Japanese guests, ca 1986; membership book belonging to W Woodward (b 1898); mini cassette; hire agreement between Charles Seagar owner of the `Stormbird' and John Andrew Miller, 1887; Jimmy Connor's reminiscences on the NZ Seamen's soccer team (published in Seamen's Journal, Aug 1982) Quantity: 1 box(es).

Date: 1887-1888

From: New Zealand Seafarers' Union : Records

Reference: 87-148-53/8

Description: Includes charter party agreement made between C Seagar and Messrs John Andrew Miller & Benjamin Bern relating the the `Stormbird', 1887; B B Nicoll (merchant & shipowner) accounts, 1887; letters of naturalisation for George Ludwig, 1890; balance sheet of Jubilee Steamship Company, Auckland Office, Mar 1889 Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1880s, nd

From: New Zealand Seafarers' Union : Records

Reference: 87-148-53/5

Description: Some cuttings relate to the Stormbird and the Bellenger Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: 1866-1890

From: Roth, Herbert Otto, 1917-1994: Collected papers, personal papers, photographs and ephemera

Reference: 94-106-43/05

Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).

Date: [between 1856-1889]

From: Harding, William James, 1826-1899: Negatives of Wanganui district

Reference: 1/2-008416-G

Description: Photograph taken by the studio of William James Harding, Whanganui. Source of descriptive information - Negative register and inscriptions on negative Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative, 4.75 x 6.5 inches

Date: [ca 22 August 1913]

From: Dickie, John, 1869-1942 :Collection of postcards, prints and negatives

Reference: 1/2-016354-G

Description: The steamship "Stormbird" photographed circa 22 August, 1913, by John Dickie. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom centre - S S Stormbird Protected Dickie NZ 22.8.13 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: [ca 1885]

From: Burton Bros

By: Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)

Reference: PA7-34-20

Description: Overlooking ships berthed at Queens Wharf, Wellington. Shows the paddle steamer Lyttelton in the middle foreground. Also shows the Stormbird, Wakatipu, and the Wairarapa, with portions of the Napier, Hina, Murray, Arawa, Talune and Tongariro also visible. Photograph taken by the Burton Brothers between 1880 and 1885. Relationship complexity - Original negative is held by Te Papa (MONZ negative number: 4752, 1318) Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Physical Description: Photographic print

Date: circa 1910

From: Layton, Frederick G, d 1923 : Shipping photographs

Reference: PAColl-2197-04

Description: Ship 'Stormbird' in Wellington Harbour, circa 1910. Photographer unidentified. Inscriptions: Verso - Famous Stormbird going down Wellington Harbour when in the Wellington Wanganui passenger & cargo trade. She is here seen in her original rig. She was built in 1854 & wrecked in 1917 [sic] on the South Mole when leaving Wanganui"; Verso - Stormbird [as ?] Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s) postcard. Physical Description: Silver gelatin print, horizontal oval image 7.3 x 12.3 cm

Date: ca 1910

From: Kinnear, James Hutchings, 1877-1946 :Negatives of Auckland shipping, boating and scenery

Reference: 1/2-016353-G

Description: Steamship 'Stormbird', circa 1910. Possibly photographed in the Auckland region by James Kinnear. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - S S Stormbird Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative

Date: 1860 - 1870

By: Godwin, William, active 1860s; Doile, John Lionel William, 1921-1991

Reference: C-059-009

Description: The small steamship Stormbird painted in a oval cartouche, with a leaf border, a stylised Mount Egmont in the background and the Sugar Loaf rocks to the right. New Plymouth is also visible. The Red Ensign is flying from the stern Walter Turnbull, father of Alexander Turnbull, returned to New Zealand from a visit to England aboard the 'Stormbird' in 1862. Exhibited in 'Wide-Eyed: Early Images of New Zealand' exhibition of works by settler artists, held at the National Library of New Zealand Gallery, 18 July - 9 November 1997. Other Titles - Stormbird Inscriptions: bottom right - William Godwin. Auckland Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Watercolour 317 x 424 mm