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To satisfy our readers we have decided to set up a comprehensive guide 
to the Ships of New Zealand Shipping and Federal Steam Navigation 
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In fact due to work load, I would ask if someone can update this vessel page and once completed send an email in word or excel and i will put it up and give you the credit for doing the update. Jeffrey

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