MV HOLMGLEN
LOST AT SEA
23/24 NOVEMBER 1959

The MV Holmglen was a coastal trader operating around New Zealand and was owned by the Holm Shipping Company. On the 23 November 1959 it left Dunedin for Wanganui and was last heard of with a "may-day" call at 9.15pm. A search and rescue mission was launched immediately in deteriorating weather. At 5.30am a large oil slick was found 35 kilometres east-south-east of Timaru but the reason for the loss of the Holmglen was never found. It remains one of New Zealand's maritime mysteries.

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Dedicated to the fifteen men who lost their lives with the sinking of the MV Holmglen - 23/24 November 1959

ANSON	J	Cook
BARKER	Keith Lawdon	Second Officer
BILLINGHURST	Keith D	Chief Officer
BOYCE	G J	Ordinary Seaman
CLEARY	J	Able Seaman
FOSTER	R A McC	Chief Engineer
HARDING	Wilfred H	Third Engineer
McCLELLAND	Aubry Shepherd	Steward
McEWEN	James	Wiper
McKENZIE	Sydney	Able Seaman
PEMBERTON	Alfred	Able Seaman
REGNAUD	Edward Joseph Eugene (Joe)	Captain
WEASTERLEY*	David*	Able Seaman
WHARLOW	D	Able Seaman
WOLGAST	Alexander J	Second Engineer

* In some reports he is noted as H WETHERBY or H WEASTERLEY. In May 2008 I was emailed by a relation who has advised that the correct name is Henry WEATHERLEY. He was born in Liverpool, England in 1925. Thanks to David Nichol for this.

James McEwan (of Timaru) and Sydney McKenzie (of Glasgow) were buried side by side in the lawn cemetery in Timaru and Wildred Harding (of Mangakino) was buried in Greymouth. The Shipwreck Relief Society gave the sum of £545 to the dependants of those lost.

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MV HOLMGLENLOST AT SEA23/24 NOVEMBER 1959

MV HOLMGLEN
LOST AT SEA
23/24 NOVEMBER 1959