The Misguided Queen Bee (1877)

When the Queen Bee grounded on Farewell Spit in New Zealand it was a matter of public interest to see the crew and passengers safely on shore. Local shipping interests, locals with boats, and the government all mobolized to try to find the survivors who were scattered across the islands of the region. It was only when the Captain and the others officers were found that the public started to ask how exactly had the ship found itself aground in the first place, and was everything to do with her salvage aboveboard?  Built: 1859  Ship Type: Bark or Barque  From: London  Destination: New Zealand Tonnage: 726 Sank: 1877  Location Sank: Farewell Spit, New Zealand Lives Lost: 1  Sources: https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TC18770823.2.18 https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~nzbound/genealogy/qbee.htm http://www.theprow.org.nz/events/wreck-of-the-queen-bee/#.Yn3THOjMIdX https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18770818.2.24?items_per_page=10&page=4&query=Queen+bee+ship&snippet=true https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GLOBE18770810.2.10?items_per_page=10&page=3&query=Queen+bee+ship&snippet=true https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18770811.2.14?items_per_page=10&page=5&query=Queen+bee+ship&snippet=true https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18770811.2.14.2?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&page=8&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NEM18770810.2.13.1?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&page=10&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS18770811.2.10.2?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&page=7&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP18770808.2.15?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18770825.2.7.4?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&page=2&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18771012.2.7.1?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&page=2&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18770814.2.8.2?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&page=2&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/GRA18770809.2.6.1?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/OAM18770809.2.7.2?end_date=31-12-1878&items_per_page=10&query=queen+bee&snippet=true&start_date=01-01-1839 https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/NZH18770828.2.35