File:HMS 'Puriri', minesweeper sunk in 1941 (17120216187).jpg
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On 14 May 1941, the HMS Puriri – a minesweeper working along the coast of New Zealand – struck a mine off Bream Head in the northern approaches to the Hauraki Gulf. As nzhistory.net.nz notes, Puriri was rocked by a violent explosion, and sank so quickly that no lifeboats could be launched. The ship’s commanding officer, two stewards, a stoker and an able seaman – all of them former merchant seamen serving as naval reservists or under temporary (T 124) naval articles – were drowned, and five others were injured. The 26 survivors were rescued from the water by the Gale, another minesweeper. The mine it struck was a German contact mine, part of a 228-mine barrage laid on 13–14 June 1940 by the raider Orion. These mines had claimed their first victim, the trans-Pacific liner Niagara, on 19 June that year, fortunately without loss of life. This newspaper clipping of Puriri comes from a Navy Department file on the sinking, and includes telegrams to the families of those killed. Archives Reference: N1 Box 143/ 6/26/1 archway.archives.govt.nz/ViewFullItem.do?code=21464349 For updates on our On This Day series and news from Archives New Zealand, follow us on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ArchivesNZ Material from Archives New Zealand Caption information from www.nzhistory.net.nz/page/nz-minesweeper-sunk-hauraki-gulf |
| Date | before May 1941; 2015-05-01 13:18 |
| Source | HMS 'Puriri', minesweeper sunk in 1941 |
| Author | Archives New Zealand from New Zealand |
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