| Memorials | : | 0 |
| Location | : | Tairua, Thames-Coromandel District, New Zealand |
| Coordinate | : | -36.9627384, 175.8423243 |
| Description | : | Surrounded by a white picket fence, the lonely grave occupies a small part of the historic reserve and is maintained by the Royal New Zealand Navy. Sailors, sealers, and whalers were among the first Europeans to frequent New Zealand waters. Deaths among sailors were not uncommon, and burying crew ‘at sea’ was standard practice. Land graves were rarer and serve as reminders of the hard physical labour and the treacherous conditions sailors endured. In May 1842, 22 year old William Sampson, a sailor on board the British Navy ship HMS Tortoise, accidentally drowned in... Read More |
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Where is The Sailors Grave?
The Sailors Grave is located at Sailors Grave Road, Pumpkin Hill Tairua, Thames-Coromandel District ,Waikato ,New Zealand.
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Where are the coordinates of the The Sailors Grave?
Latitude: -36.9627384
Longitude: 175.8423243
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