Shipwreck

The Delaware: Huria's Story/The Search for the Niagara's Gold (1x6)

Data di messa in onda: Feb 05, 2000

Paul explores the sinking of the brig Delaware where on 4th September 1863 sailing from Nelson to Napier and running into bad weather getting smashed on rocks in a bay that now bears it's name - Delaware Bay. Paul also explores the sinking of the ocean liner RMS Niagara, a ship not only leaving New Zealand with passengers but eight tons of gold destined for the vaults of the Bank of England - only to be stopped by sinking near the Whangarei Heads on 19th June 1940 thanks to a mine.