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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Build Date 1925 Boat Builder Davey Darroch Length 66 Feet / 20.1 Metres Beam 18.7 Feet / 5.7 Metres Building Alwin G/Success The Alwin G would become the last scow to ever be built in New Zealand. She was built by the prolific scow builder, Davey Darroch in Stanley Bay for Alan and Winifred Glass.
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Build Date 1914 Boat Builder G T Niccol Length 87 Feet / 27 Meters Beam 23 Feet/ 7 Meters Building Paroto and Her Early Trading Days Built in 1914 by GT Niccol as an auxiliary ketch Paroto would go on to be used for trade in the Bay of Plenty, Napier and the top of
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Build Date 1921 Build Date Davey Darroch Length 83 Feet Beam 25 Feet Everything We Know About Ngahau Ngahau would become one of the last scows built by Davey Darroch. Darroch built 32 scows at Omaha but when the first world war started he ceased production. In 1920 he reopened the yard in Stanley Bay
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Build Date 1885 Boat Builder H.M Burnard Length 49 Feet 5 Inches Beam 15 Feet 5 Inches Felicity in Golden Bay and with Captain Williams Felicity was built at Frenchmans Bay in Abel Tasman by her owner H. M. Burnard. She was a shallow and beamy vessel with a very blunt bow. She had two
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