# Commander Frank Arthur Worsley Dso and Bar, OBE, Rnr, a plaque of Akaroa A plaque of the city, standing at Frank Worsley Bust in Akaroa, one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. ## The words it carries > COMMANDER FRANK ARTHUR WORSLEY DSO AND BAR, OBE, RNR. BORN AND RAISED IN AKAROA 1872. DIED ENGLAND 1943. FRANK WORSLEY WAS CAPTAIN OF THE ENDURANCE WHICH WAS CRUSHED IN THE ICE DURING SHACKLETON’S ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION 1914–16. HE NAVIGATED THE 28FT JAMES CAIRD 800 MILES TO SOUTH GEORGIA IN AN EPIC VOYAGE. SUBSEQUENTLY ALL 28 CREW WERE RESCUED. The surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. - The ground: Frank Worsley Bust - The suburb: [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa) - The year the register carries: 2008 - Status: in service The register’s photograph: https://gis.ccc.govt.nz/Image/ManMade/ParkAsset/20080318/00378/R0015594.jpg ## In the archive - [Documents naming Commander Frank Arthur Worsley Dso and Bar, OBE, Rnr](https://www.chch.live/documents?q=Commander%20Frank%20Arthur%20Worsley%20Dso%20and%20Bar%2C%20OBE%2C%20Rnr) - [The record’s own search for it](https://www.chch.live/search?q=Commander%20Frank%20Arthur%20Worsley%20Dso%20and%20Bar%2C%20OBE%2C%20Rnr) - [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), the suburb it stands in A name read off an inscription is a lead, not a verified identity, the search is where verification starts. ## The ground under it - [Inside a modelled tsunami reach](https://www.chch.live/tsunami), ECAN Report R14/78 2014 - [Inside a recorded flood footprint](https://www.chch.live/floods), 2008 Akaroa Basin Harbour Settlements Study - [Under the hill country’s watch band](https://www.chch.live/slope), the plan’s broad instability overlay - [On scheduled Ngāi Tahu ground](https://www.chch.live/cultural), Whakaroa (Akaroa) - [The plan zones this ground Open Space Community Parks](https://www.chch.live/zones), OCP - [The nearest recorded shake: M3](https://www.chch.live/sequence), 12 July 2011 · 3.6 km from the pin · 1 logged within 5 km The whole stack, answered live: https://www.chch.live/before?lat=-43.80948&lon=172.96112&radius=250 ## Around it - [Commander Frank Arthur Worsley](https://www.chch.live/memorial/commander-frank-arthur-worsley), the memorial it stands on, its pin sits 4 m away - [Britomart Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1728-britomart-reserve), the community park it’s inside - [Walnut Place Reserve](https://www.chch.live/park/1564-walnut-place-reserve), community park · ~250 m - [Lions Club of Akaroa and Bays](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6125-britomart-reserve), plaque · under 150 m - [In Memory of Jim Shipman a Loyal Member and Friend](https://www.chch.live/plaque/6126-britomart-reserve), plaque · under 150 m - [In Loving Memory of / Rod Steel / 1927 - 2004](https://www.chch.live/plaque/310898-glen-bay), plaque · under 150 m - [Charles Edward Cooke / Eddie 1947-2023](https://www.chch.live/plaque/311020-glen-bay), plaque · under 150 m ## The reports nearby 246 reports pinned within 250 m of the point, a pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place. - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8795738), [82 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/82-beach-road) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8741764), [82 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/82-beach-road) - [Sewer - Leak / Blockage](https://www.chch.live/report/8735611), [85K Beach Road, Banks Peninsula, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/85k-beach-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8679935), [69 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/69-beach-road) - [Street Gutters / Storm Water](https://www.chch.live/report/8632025), [15 Walnut Place, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/15-walnut-place) - [Water Leak](https://www.chch.live/report/8581530), [53 Beach Road, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/53-beach-road) - [Facility - General Request](https://www.chch.live/report/8556705), [63 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/63-beach-road) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8555745), [8 Selwyn Ave, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/8-selwyn-avenue) - [Damaged Road](https://www.chch.live/report/8555714), [13 Selwyn Ave, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/13-selwyn-avenue) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8515643), 51–75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8360617), [75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand](https://www.chch.live/akaroa/75-beach-road) - [Pavement - Damaged](https://www.chch.live/report/8253815), 51–75 Beach Rd, Canterbury, Akaroa 7520, New Zealand ## Questions, answered briefly **What is this?** A plaque of Christchurch, standing at Frank Worsley Bust in [Akaroa](https://www.chch.live/akaroa), one record on the council’s plaque register for the public estate. **What does it say?** The words above, verbatim, the surveyor’s transcription, casing, spelling and typos as they were read off the plaque. The register does not say who the name belonged to; the dedication is the whole of the record. **Is the plaque still standing?** The register marks it in service, commissioned 2008. The books' word, though, a plaque may have weathered since the survey, and the pin is the record’s position. --- Christchurch City Council open data, the Furniture service’s Plaque layer. The inscription is the surveyor’s transcription; "In Service" is the books, not a promise the plaque still reads clean. The pin is the record’s position. The roll: https://www.chch.live/plaques · the record as data: https://www.chch.live/plaques.json · this plaque’s page: https://www.chch.live/plaque/6111-frank-worsley-bust