TSS Earnslaw skipper Laurie Stanton will sound the steamship's horn 11 times at 11am on Sunday to mark the anniversary of Armistice Day. PHOTO: GUY WILLIAMSQueenstown's TSS Earnslaw will sound her horn 11 times on Sunday to recreate an event from a century earlier. The historic steamship's predecessor on Lake Wakatipu, the SS Ben Lomond, helped spread the news of the Armistice on November 11, 1918. During the crossing, the steamship will sound its horn 11 times at 11am, then stop to observe a two-minute silence. In other commemoration events, St Peter's Anglican Church in central Queenstown is holding an Armistice service from 10.50am.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 08, 2018 15:32 UTC