Minerva (1864)

The Minerva was a ship that was possibly wrecked on the Auckland Islands on 10 May 1864.

James Teer, a survivor of the shipwreck of the General Grant recorded that in April 1867 the survivors found a stave on the mainland on a point inside Enderby Island. On the stave was written in charcoal Minerva - 4 men, 1 officer - Leith - May 10th, 1864 - March 25th, 1865. Teer notes from the relative position of the words, our impression was, that the word Leith had reference to the man or men, and not to the Minerva.^[1]

The ship Minerva has not been identified and nothing further is known about the wreck, the survivors or their rescue.

References

1. ^ "Wreck of the General Grant at the Auckland Islands, 18 Months Ago". Southland Times: p. 2. Issue 882, 15 January 1868. http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=ST18680115.2.9&srpos=68&e=-------10--61-byDA---0Minerva+wreck-all. Retrieved 11 July 2010.