Log book of "H. M. Schooner Gunboat Caroline"

Date7 Jun 1861-13 Jun 1862Reference NumberMs 88/1DescriptionThe Caroline was originally called the "Ruby" and was a schooner of 25 tons. She was built in 1860 at Omaha, North Auckland, by Jas S. Meiklejohn. The government purchased her to be fitted as a gun-boat to protect the Manukau waters. She was used in this capacity from 1860 to 1863, when she reverted to the name "Ruby". She was wrecked on Walker Rock, Jackson's Head, Cook Strait, on 23 April 1879. Hannibal Marks served as her captain, and would later go on to become the harbourmaster and pilot at Tauranga from 1874-1879. Tragically, he drowned with his son in Tauranga Harbour while attempting to help two young men racing yachts in foul weather.

Volume includes one page of accounts dated June 1856.CreatorMarks, Hannibal, 1819-1879LevelItemFormatManuscriptExtent1 bookLanguageEnglishSourcesNew Zealand National Library record - qMS-0108: A lecture on the career of Hannibal Marks by Herbert Baillie (1863-1941) who was a New Zealand naval veteran.Daily Southern Cross, September 1865, page 5

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