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Sanitarium collecting card 8 of 12: RMS Niagara

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Record Identifier210-8Date Range1967DescriptionFront: Colour print of painting of Niagara, port side. Rear: Ships that have saved New Zealand. Card No 8 of a series of 12 cards. Save these cards and swap them with your friends until you have a complete collection. Cards are obtainable in a range of Sanitarium Breakfast Cereals including Puffed Wheat, Honey Puffs and Skippy Cornflakes. Published in 1967 by Sanitarium Health Food Co., Auckland. RMS Niagara. Carrying a cargo of gold bullion valued at over £2,500,000, the trans-Pacific liner Niagara sank in 70 fathoms of water on the morning of June 19, 1940, after striking a German mine near Whangarei. The ship's entire complement - 146 passengers and 203 of a crew - were taken off and reached Auckland safely the same day. Salvage operations, which had previously not before been carried out at such a depth, resulted in the recovery of £2,379,000 worth of gold ingots. The gold belonged to the Bank of England and was being taken to the United States. The Niagara, 13,415 tons was 543 feet in length, and had a speed of 18 knots. She was owned by the Union Steam Ship Company.MediumPhotograph - print

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Sanitarium collecting card 8 of 12: RMS Niagara