Build Date 1883 Boat Builder Charles Bailey Snr Length 69.3 Feet Beam 18.8 Feet Building Vixen Vixen was built in Auckland by Charles Bailey Senior. She was a ketch-rigged deck scow with rounded chines, a square stern and flat bottom making her a smaller version of Vesper and Vindex. Vixen’s first owners were Alfred Buckland […]
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Build Date 1902 Boat Builder Bailey and Lowe Length 76 Feet 8 Inches Beam 21 Feet 2 Inches Building Vesper Vesper was built as a ketch-rigged deck scow by Bailey and Lowe in Auckland. She had a large deck area, flat bottom, one centreboard and a fixed rudder which led some to say Vesper is
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Build Date Around 1906-1911 Boat Builder Claude Wells Length 32ft Beam 6ft Everything We Know About Rata Rate was built by Claude Wells at Little Bay for Ernie Duckworth of Pelorus Sound. Claude Wells and his family lived at Little Bay between 1906 and 1911 so it can be guessed Rata was built somewhen around
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Build Date 1924 Boat Builder D. Darroch and Sons Length 71.6 Feet Beam 22 Feet The Last of NZ’s Scows Owhiti would become the second to last commercial scow to ever be built in New Zealand. She was built by D. Darroch and Sons at Stanley Bay, Auckland as a topsail, ketch-rigged deck scow. Darroch
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Build Date 1943 Boat Builder Stevenson and Cook Length 135 Feet / 41 metres Beam 23 Feet / 7 Metres Pahau’s War Service Pahau was launched on April 3rd, 1943 as the fifth of nine steel minesweepers built for the New Zealand Navy during World War Two. She had a single screw, triple reciprocating engine capable of 10
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Build Date 1942-1943 Boat Builder Seager Brothers Length 135 Feet / 41 Meters Beam 23 Feet / 7 Meters Tawhai the Castle-Class Minesweeper Tawhai would become one of the last four composite Castle-Class minesweepers to be built for the Royal New Zealand Navy during World War Two. The other three were Hinau, Manuka and Rimu.
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Build Date 1903 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 74 Feet 3 Inches Beam 21 Feet 4 Inches Altair’s Early Years Built in Auckland in 1903 by George Niccol, Altair was a ketch-rigged hold scow. Her first owners were Hugh Munro Wilson and Ernest Athole Edgecumbe who owned her from 1903 to 1907 and George Valletort
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Build Date 1941 Boat Builder Senior Foundry Company, Auckland Length 57 Feet Beam 14 Feet 4 Inches Building Hinau Realising there was a need for more minesweepers around New Zealand’s waters the government commissioned the build of several Castle-Class minesweepers. This design was chosen for its simplicity at a time when New Zealand’s ship building
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Build Date 1876 Boat Builder Rufus Dunning Length 52 Feet 6 Inches Beam 15 Feet 8 Inches Everything We Know About Lady of the Lake Lady of the Lake was one of the first scows built in New Zealand and would become known as one of the “lake series” of scows which included Lake Erie,
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Build Date 1875 Boat Builder George Callan Sharp Length 77 Feet Beam 21 Feet 2 Inches Everything We Know About Lake Superior Built by George Callan Sharp in in Pakiri, Lake Superior wound have a short trading life. As only the second scow built in New Zealand she was built like Lake Erie with Leeboards
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