| My
sincere thanks to Peter J Bennett (bypasspete@ntlworld.com)
for his time in putting this table of
contents together. Jeffrey Shaw |
| NEW
ZEALAND SHIPPING Co & FEDERAL STEAM NAVIGATING Co |
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Ships
Name |
Built |
Ship
Yard |
Registered |
Gross
Tonnage |
Net
Tonnage |
Class |
What
Happened |
|
| 1 |
Waitara |
1873 |
J
Reid & Co,
Glasgow |
London |
883 |
833 |
Passenger |
Foundered
1883 |
| 2 |
Mataura
(1) |
1873 |
Aitkin
& Mansel,3 Glasgow |
London |
898 |
853 |
Passenger |
Abandoned
1900 |
| 3 |
Rangitiki
(1) |
1873 |
Humber
Iron Works Co Hull |
London |
1227 |
1188 |
Passenger |
Dismantled
to a Hulk 1919 |
| 4 |
Waimea |
1873 |
Reiherstieg
Schiffswerft Hamburg |
London |
871 |
848 |
Cargo |
Wrecked
1902 |
| 5 |
Rakaia
(1) |
1873 |
J
Bulmer & Co Sunderland |
London |
1057 |
1022 |
Passenger |
Wrecked
1918 |
| 6 |
Waikato
(1) |
1874 |
J
Bulmer & Co Sunderland |
London |
1053 |
1021 |
Passenger |
Foundered
1913 |
| 7 |
Waitangi |
1874 |
J
Bulmer & Co Sunderland |
London |
1161 |
1128 |
Passenger |
Foundered
1913 |
| 8 |
Waimate
(1) |
1874 |
J
Bulmer & Co Sunderland |
London |
1156 |
1124 |
Passenger |
Went
Missing |
| 9 |
Orari
(1) |
1875 |
Palmers
Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd Jarrow |
London |
1051 |
1011 |
Passenger |
Dismantled
to a Hulk 1909 |
| 10 |
Otaki
(1) |
1875 |
Palmers
Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd Jarrow |
London |
1053 |
1014 |
Passenger |
Abandoned
1895 |
| 11 |
Hurunui
(1) |
1875 |
Palmers
Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd Jarrow |
London |
1054 |
1012 |
Passenger |
Sunk
by U33 4/4/1915 |
| 12 |
Waipa |
1875 |
Palmers
Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd Jarrow |
London |
1057 |
1017 |
Passenger |
Went
missing 10/12/1911 |
| 13 |
Wairoa |
1875 |
Palmers
Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd Jarrow |
London |
1057 |
1015 |
Passenger |
Went
missing 1/12/1907 |
| 14 |
Opawa
(1) |
1876 |
A.
Stephen & Son Glasgow |
London |
1131 |
1076 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Sunk
by U53 14/3/1917 |
| 15 |
Pareora
(1) |
1876 |
A.
Stephen & Son Glasgow |
London |
879 |
879 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up 1888 |
| 16 |
Piako
(1) |
1876 |
A.
Stephen & Son Glasgow |
London |
1136 |
1075 |
Passenger |
Went
missing 22/11/1900 |
| 17 |
Wanganui |
1877 |
A.
Stephen & Son Glasgow |
London |
1136 |
1077 |
Passenger |
Sunk
by U50 22/2/1917 |
| 18 |
Turakina
(1) |
1882 |
C
Connell & Co
Glasgow |
London |
1247 |
1189 |
Refrigerated |
Broken
up
May 1914 |
| 19 |
Tongariro
(1) |
1883 |
John
Elder & Co
Goven |
Lyttelton |
4162 |
2657 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Scrapped
June 1910 |
| 20 |
Aorangi |
1883 |
John
Elder & Co
Goven |
Lyttelton |
4163 |
2655 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Scuppered
Scappa Flow 10/8/1915 |
| 21 |
Ruapehu
(1) |
1883 |
John
Elder & Co
Goven |
Lyttelton |
4163 |
2655 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up
Nov 1911 |
| 22 |
Kaikoura
(1) |
1884 |
John
Elder & Co
Goven |
London |
4507 |
2883 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up
Jan 1907 |
| 23 |
Rimutaka
(1) |
1884 |
John
Elder & Co
Goven |
London |
4514 |
2859 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Scrapped
June 1911 |
| 24 |
Otarama
(1) |
1890 |
Wm
Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
London |
3808 |
2460 |
Passenger
12 Refrigerated |
Broken
up 1930 |
| 25 |
Tekoa
(1) |
1890 |
Wm
Gray & Co Ltd West Hartlepool |
London |
4050 |
2646 |
Passenger
12 Refrigerated |
Broken
up 1909 |
| 26 |
Ruahine
(1) |
1891 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
6127 |
3926 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up 1945 |
| 27 |
Waikato
(2) |
1892 |
Wm
Doxford & Sons, Sunderland |
Plymouth |
4767 |
3071 |
Refrigerated |
Demolished
1923 |
| 28 |
Rakaia
(1) |
1895 |
R&W
Hawthorn,
Leslie & Co Ltd Hebburn |
Plymouth |
5629 |
3660 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Demolished
29/9/1934 |
| 29 |
Mataura
(2) |
1896 |
Barclay,
Curle & Co Ltd Glasgow |
Plymouth |
5764 |
3756 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Abandoned
Dec 1898 |
| 30 |
Pareora
(2) |
1896 |
Wood,Skinner
& Co Newcastle |
Dundee |
650 |
355 |
Cargo |
Wrecked
1919 |
| 31 |
Waimate
(2) |
1896 |
R&W
Hawthorn,
Leslie & Co Ltd Hebburn |
Plymouth |
5610 |
3629 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Wrecked
18/6/1925 |
| 32 |
Hesketh |
1896 |
Queenstown
& Passage West Docks Co. Cork |
Sydney |
640 |
393 |
Cargo |
Abandoned
27/10/1899 |
| 33 |
Papanui
(1) |
1898 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
London |
6372 |
4099 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Abandoned
12/9/1911 |
| 34 |
Wakanui |
1899 |
R&W
Hawthorn,
Leslie & Co Ltd Hebburn |
Plymouth |
5829 |
3256 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Abandoned
19/12/1923 |
| 35 |
Warrimoo |
1899 |
CS
Swan & Hunter Wallsend |
London |
3526 |
1897 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Collision
& Sank 18/5/1918 |
| 36 |
Meowera |
1899 |
CS
Swan & Hunter Wallsend |
London |
3345 |
1911 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Wrecked
25/12/1916 |
| 37 |
Paparoa
(1) |
1899 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
6563 |
4262 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Scuttled
by HMS Birmingham 18/3/1926 |
| 38 |
Whakatane
(1) |
1900 |
R&W
Hawthorn,
Leslie & Co Ltd Hebburn |
Plymouth |
5715 |
3659 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up 1929 |
| 39 |
Petone |
1900 |
Taylor
& Mitchel Greenock |
Lyttelton |
708 |
388 |
Cargo |
Mined
& Sunk 10/3/1941 |
| 40 |
Rimutaka
(2) |
1900 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
7765 |
4983 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up 5/5/1930 |
| 41 |
Ruapehu
(2) |
1901 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
7705 |
4943 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broken
up 10/9/1931 |
| 42 |
Tongariro
(2) |
1901 |
R&W
Hawthorn,
Leslie & Co Ltd Hebburn |
Plymouth |
7600 |
4917 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Broke
in two 16/9/1916 |
| 43 |
Turakina
(2) |
1902 |
R&W
Hawthorn,
Leslie & Co Ltd Hebburn |
Plymouth |
8210 |
5289 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Torpedoed
by U86 13/8/1917 |
| 44 |
Kaikoura
(2) |
1903 |
John
Brown & Co Ltd Clydebank |
Plymouth |
6998 |
4477 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Demolished
1929 |
| 45 |
Kaipara
(1) |
1903 |
John
Brown & Co Ltd Clydebank |
Plymouth |
7596 |
4886 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Sunk
by gunfire 16/8/1914 |
| 46 |
Orari
(2) |
1906 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
7207 |
4564 |
Refrigerated
Cargo |
Broken
up 1927 |
| 47 |
Opawa
(2) |
1906 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
7230 |
4588 |
Refrigerated
Cargo |
Sunk
by US sub Bowfish 28/11/1943 |
| 48 |
Otaki
(2) |
1908 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
7420 |
4611 |
Refrigerated
Cargo |
Sunk,
gunfire/torpedoes. 10/3/1917
Capt A Blisset Smith Posthumous V C |
| 49 |
Kiritona |
1909 |
C
Bailey Jnr
Auckland |
Napier |
136 |
75 |
Cargo |
Broken
up Auckland 1961 |
| 50 |
Ruahine
(2) |
1909 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
10758 |
6283 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Scrapped
1957 |
| 51 |
Rotorua |
1910 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
11130 |
7094 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Torpedoed
by UC17 22/3/1917 |
| 52 |
Koutunui |
1911 |
C
Bailey Jnr Auckland |
Napier |
171 |
98 |
Cargo |
Still
in Existence ?? Fiordland NZ |
| 53 |
Remuera
(1) |
1911 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
11276 |
7154 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Aerial
Torpedoed 26/8/1940 |
| 54 |
Hurunui
(2) |
1912 |
Russell
& Co
Port Glasgow |
Plymouth |
8901 |
5638 |
Refrigerated
Cargo |
Torpedoed
by U94 18/5/1918 |
| 55 |
Westmeath |
1911 |
Furness,
Withy & Co Ltd West Hartlepool |
Greenock |
8096 |
5212 |
Refrigerated
Cargo |
Broken
up 2/5/1932 |
| 56 |
Limerick |
1912 |
Workman
Clark & Co Ltd Belfast |
London |
5790 |
3793 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Torpedoed
by U86 28/5/1917 |
| 57 |
Tyrone |
1912 |
Workman
Clark & Co Ltd Belfast |
Greenock |
6592 |
4246 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Ran
Aground Total loss 27/9/1913 |
| 58 |
Roscommon |
1912 |
Workman
Clark & Co Ltd Belfast |
Greenock |
6591 |
4245 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Torpedoed
by U53 21/8/1917 |
|
Falls
Of Orchy |
1914 |
Wright,
Graham &Co Ltd Glasgow |
|
4904 |
|
|
Sale
conditions not met ship never entered NZS service |
| 59 |
Hororata
(1) |
1914 |
Wm
Deny & Bros Dumbarton |
Plymouth |
9461 |
5613 |
Passenger
Refrigerated |
Torpedoed
by U630 5/4/1943 |
| 60 |
Otarama
(2) |
1919 |
Russell
& Co
Port Glasgow |
London |
7759 |
4873 |
Refrigerated
Cargo |
Broken
up Nov 1932 |
| 61 |
Otaki
(3) |
1920 |
Barclay,
Curle & Co Ltd Glasgow |
Plymouth |
7976 |
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