Build Date 1876 Boat Builder John Darroch Length 57 Feet 6 Inches Beam 15 Feet 6 Inches Everything We Know About Lake St Clair Built in 1876 by John Darroch, Lake St Clair was a schooner-rigged deck scow. Darroch built her at Te Kapa Inlet in Mahurangi making her one of only two scows built […]
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Build Date 1876 Boat Builder Septimus Meiklejohn Length 60 Feet Beam 17.7 Feet Everything We Know About Lake Michigan Built in 1876 by Septimus Meiklejohn, Lake Michigan was first registered on the 14th September 1876 at the Port of Auckland. She was owned by the builder himself and Donald Hugh McKenzie. As one of the
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Build Date 1873 Boat Builder Septimus Meiklejohn Length 60.6 Feet Beam 17.3 Feet Building Lake Erie Septimus Meiiklejohn built Lake Erie in Omaha in 1873. She started life as a fore-and-aft schooner rigged deck scow owned by the builder himself Septimus Meiklejohn, Geoge Spencer and William Henry. Lake Erie made history as the first registered
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Build Date 1900 Boat Builder Robert Logan Length 101.2 Feet Beam 19 Feet Building The Countess On the 23rd April 1900 the Wellington Ferry Company Ltd., announced it was building a new ferry for the Wellington Harbour and only a few months later The Countess was launched in December 1900. Robert Logan of Auckland was
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Build Date 1922 Boat Builder G.J.L Jukes Length 55 Feet Beam Norna Sinks In Wellington One of the largest fishing boats moored in Island Bay when she sunk in Wellington harbour only five years after being built at G.J.L Jukes boatyard in Balaena Bay. Norna was also only just leaving G.J.L Jukes boatyard after an
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Build Date 1941 Boat Builder Mason Bros. Engineering Co. Ltd. (W.G. Lowe & Sons Ltd.) Length 135.9 Feet Beam 23.3 Feet Manuka’s War Work Built in 1941 for the Royal New Zealand Navy as a ‘double L’ magnetic minesweeper. There were only three built for the NZ Navy and all were named after NZ trees.
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Build Date 1910 Boat Builder S. Wood & Son Length 69 Feet Beam 16 Feet Karaka The Wellington Harbour Boat Built in 1910 by S. Wood & Son at their boatyard between Taranaki Street and Clyde Quay Wellington. Wellington Harbour Ferries Ltd., commissioned the build of Karaka for their business working along the Wellington coast.
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Build Date 1942 Boat Builder Stevenson & Cook Engineering Co. Ltd. Length Unknown Beam Unknown Hautapu’s Naval Career Hautapu was built by Stevenson & Cook Engineering Co. Ltd., out of steel for the Royal New Zealand Navy. She was launched on the 19th Noevember 1942 and commissioned not quite a year later on the 28
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Build Date 1908 Boat Builder Davey Darroch Length 67.1 Feet Beam 18.6 Feet Jane Gifford’s Early Trading Days Built out of kauri in 1908 by Davey Darroch Jane Gifford was named her after the ship that brought his grandfather George out to New Zealand in 1842. From 1908 to 1916 she was owned by several
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Build Date 1910 Boat Builder George Niccol Length 72 Feet Beam Unknown The Portland From 1910 to 1932 The Portland was built by George Niccol in 1910 as a schooner-rigged hold scow as such she had a large bilge and hold. The lime merchant John Wilson of Auckland became her first owner. He owned her
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