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FLEET LIST
This page lists the ships of the Northern Steam Ship Company
of Auckland, New Zealand,
sorted by builder name.
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Vessel Name Vessel Type Tonnage Builder In fleet EURE 1,589 gross Not known 1913 - 1939 KAITUNA 8 Not known 1906 - 1927 LION Not known Not known - 1919 LITTLE GEORGE Steam launch Not known Not known 1884 - 1912 or later MATUKU Not known Not known 1891 - 1912 or later NELLIE Not known 1906 - c1921 PUKEKO Tender Not known 1890 - 1910 ROSE ANN Not known 1891-2 - post 1893 WAIHOU Not known 1897 - 1935 PATIKI Paddle steamer 59 gross A. & G. Price 1893 - 1901 MATANGI Steamer 1,365 gross A. Stephens & Sons, Linthouse 1923 - 1929 WAIOTAHI Steamer 278 gross Abercorn S.B.Co., Paisley 1891 - 1934 RIMU Steamer 412 gross Allsup & Co. 1908 - 1932 BAY FISHER Motor ship 1,289 gross Ardrossan Dockyard Limited 1967 - 1975 MOANUI Motor ship 1,289 gross Ardrossan Dockyard Limited 1967 - 1975 TAINUI II Motor ship 539 gross Astano S.A. 1973 - 1976 VICTORY Ketch 22 gross. 32 gross in 1909 Bailey & Lowe 1907 - 1932 WAVE Auxiliary Schooner 41 gross. 32 gross in 1909 Bailey & Lowe 1907 - 1918 CLANSMAN Steamer 591 gross (original) 635 gross (1904) Blackwood & Gordon 1884 - 1934 GAIRLOCH Steamer 373 gross Blackwood & Gordon 1884 - 1903 GLENELG Steamer 288 gross Blackwood & Gordon 1881 - 1904 WELLINGTON Steamer 429 gross Blackwood & Gordon 1881 - 1909 OREWA Steamer 55 gross C. & W. Bailey 1908 - 1925 ELSIE Auxiliary Ketch 21 gross C. Bailey Jnr 1906 - 1928 GAEL Steamer 83 gross C. Bailey Jnr. 1908 - 1931 DIDO Motor ship 1,589 gross C. Hill & Sons 1970 - 1975 PAEROA Steamer 91 gross Charles Bailey 1892 - 1917 TERRANORA Paddle steamer 350 gross D. & W. Henderson 1898 - 1914 FALCON Steam launch D. Greenwood 1897 - post 1909 AUPOURI Steamer 463 gross D.J. Dunlop & Co. 1905 - 1932 NGATIAWA Steamer 451 gross D.J. Dunlop & Co. 1906 - 1934 APANUI Steamer 243 gross D.J.Dunlop & Co. 1905 - 1937 WANGANUI Hulk 351 gross Duinker & Goedhoop, Martenshoek 1923 - 1946 ROTOMAHANA Steamer 183 gross Fraser & Tinne 1890 - 1917 HAUITI Steamer 148 gross. 156 gross from 1947. G. Niccol 1911 - 1941 APANUI 296 gross G. Renck, Jnr. 1948 - 1961 RATANUI Motor ship 515 gross G.T. Davie & Sons 1952 - 1956 MOTU Schooner 197 gross G.T. Niccol 1920 - 1949 OMANA Steamer 83 gross G.T. Niccol 1922 - 1939 OTIMAI Auxiliary Schooner 207 gross G.T. Niccol 1921 - 1952 PAROTO Auxiliary Ketch 109 gross G.T. Niccol 1914 - 1948 PONO Auxiliary Ketch 56 gross G.T. Niccol 1913 - 1947 TE TEKO Auxiliary Ketch 109 gross G.T. Niccol 1914 - 1920 TOREA Auxiliary Schooner 54 gross G.T. Niccol 1912 - c1935 TUHOE Auxiliary Schooner 186 gross G.T. Niccol 1945 - 1961 CLANSMAN Motor ship 235 gross G.T.Niccol 1934 - 1957 RONAKI 255 gross G.T.Niccol 1929 - 1943 TOA Motor ship 208 gross G.T.Niccol 1928 - 1961 WAIOTAHI Motor ship 208 gross G.T.Niccol 1934 - 1961 HAUTURU Motor ship 284 gross George Brown & Company 1927 - 1952 NGAPUHI Steamer 691 gross 703 gross from 1922 Gourlay Bros. 1900 - 1941 RARAWA Steamer 1,072 gross Gourlay Bros. 1903 - 1940 WAITANGI Steamer 171 gross Grangemouth Dockyard Company 1896 - 1911 DOUGLAS Steamer 93 gross H. McQuarrie 1882 - 1898 ROWENA Steamer 108 gross H. Niccol, Devonport 1881 - 1890 FINGAL Steamer 34 gross H. Niccol, North Shore 1881 - 1909 IONA Steamer 220 gross H. Niccol, North Shore 1881 - 1899 TAHAWAI 12 gross Hare Bros. 1905 - c1921 No.2 ENTERPRISE Paddle steamer 22 gross as built. 82 gross from 1875 Holmes Bros, North Shore 1890 - 1898 SEAWAY PRINCESS Motor ship 1,106 gross Hong Kong and Whampoa Dock Company 1967 - 1969 MARANUI Motor ship 739 gross J. Bodewes, Hoogezand 1953 - 1968 MAUNGANUI Motor ship 845 gross J. Bodewes, Hoogezand 1955 - 1971 PORANUI Motor ship 892 gross J. Bodewes, Hoogezand 1956 - 1969 TAWANUI Motor ship 891 gross J. Bodewes, Hoogezand 1959 - 1973 ARAPAWA Steamer 291 gross J. Fullerton 1914 - 1938 KAPITI Motor ship 249 gross J. Fullerton 1938 - 1950 MURITAI Steamer 225 gross J. McArthur & Company 1897 - 1908 WAIPU Steamer 205 gross J. McGregor 1916 - 1935 WAIUKU 76 gross J.I. Thorneycroft 1913 - 1931 CHELMSFORD Steamer 122 gross Jas. Halstead, North Shore 1889 - 1928 COROMANDEL Steamer 68 gross Jas. Holmes, North Shore 1895 - 1912 KOPU Paddle steamer 18 net John Young at Thames. 1897 - c1935/1936 TAINUI Motor ship 539 gross Kalmar Varv., Kalmar 1949 - 1963 HOTUNUI Motor ship 594 gross Kalmar Varv., Kalmar, Oland Island 1950 - 1967 GREYHOUND Auxiliary Schooner 103 gross Lane & Brown 1913 - 1919 WAIMANA Auxiliary Ketch 152 gross Lane & Brown 1899 - 1904 KAPUI Steamer 59 gross Lane & Sons 1908 - 1915 PIONEER Logan Bros. 1896 - post 1940 NIKAU 248 gross Mackie & Thomson 1955 - 1956 ARGYLE Steamer 159 gross McQuarrie & McCallum 1881 - 1897 MacGREGOR Steamer 255 gross McQuarrie & McCallum 1881 - 1888 CLAYMORE Steamer 210 gross as built. 258 gross after 1910 Murdoch & Murray 1908 - 1940 RANGITOTO Steamer 585 gross Murdoch & Murray 1926 - 1940 WAKATERE Paddle steamer 441 gross Napier, Shanks & Bell, Yoker 1896 - 1929 AWANUI Motor ship 1,185 gross Pacific Island Shipbuilding Company 1962 - 1973 MOANUI Motor ship 975 gross Pacific Island Shipbuilding Company 1961 - 1966 KIA ORA Steamer 307 gross R. Duncan 1903 - 1907 KAPANUI Steamer 129 gross R. Logan Snr. 1908 - 1909 KAWAU Steamer 99 gross R. Logan Snr. 1908 - 1939 KOTITI 58 gross. 62 gross from 1926. R. Logan Snr. 1908 - 1926 TANIWHA Steamer 263 gross R. Logan Snr. 1898 - 1939 TASMAN Steamer 179 gross R. Logan Snr. 1908 - 1921 WAIMARIE 245 gross R. Logan, Snr. 1896 - 1931 HUIA Steamer 129 gross R.H. Yeoman 1924 - 1927 ROTOKOHU 15 gross Savage at Opotiki. 1903 - 1939 RANGINUI Motor ship 158 gross Scott & Sons, Bowling 1937 - 1957 ROTHESAY Seagar Bros. 1907 - post 1908 ROSALIE Motor ship 239 gross Shipbuilders Limited and Seagar Brothers Limited. 1946 KATIKATI Steamer 36 gross T. Niccol, North Shore 1881 - 1911 STAFFA Steamer 80 gross Thomas Niccol, Devonport 1881 - 1897 ONEHUNGA Motor ship 914 gross Uddevallavarvet Aktiebolaget 1962 - 1968 MELVA Motor ship 243 gross United Ship and Boatbuilders Limited and Steel Ships Limited. 1946 ARANUI 243 gross United Ship and Boatbuilders Ltd. 1946 - 1947 DAPHNE Steamer 192 gross W.H. Brown 1908 - 1931 ALEXANDER CRAIG 520 gross W.P. Cameron, South Maitland 1908 - 1926 MANAIA Steamer 1,159 gross Wm. Denny & Bros. 1912 - 1926 KANIERI Steamer 203 gross Wm. Denny & Sons 1893 - 1927 MANGAPAPA Steamer 164 gross Wm. Ford Jnr. 1903 - 1908 WEKA Steamer 127 gross Wm. Holmes 1907 - 1919 NGUNGURU Steamer 105 gross Wm. Holmes, Devonport 1896 - 1903 OHINEMURI Steamer 114 gross Wm. Holmes, North Shore 1891 - 1904 TE AROHA Paddle steamer 51 gross Wm. Holmes, North Shore 1890 - 1891
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