JEWELLERY, DECORATIVE & FINE ARTS AUCTION Tuesday, 1 December 2026 / 10:00 am start
Matthew Thomas Clayton (UK/NZ 1831-1922) 'HMS Calliope Steaming Out of Apia – Samoa - in a Hurricane in 1889 Captain Kane - USS Trenton at Anchor',
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Lot Details
oil on canvas, signed and dated 1915 lower left, titled along lower edge. 500 x 750mm. Note: The HMS Calliope was a steam and sail-rigged corvette famous for escaping the March 1889 Apia hurricane in Samoa. While multiple American and German warships were wrecked during the storm, Calliope slipped its anchor and steamed out to sea against fierce winds, powered by its engines and Westport coal.
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