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SS Go Ahead
SS ''Go Ahead'' was a Twin-screw steamer, twin screw-steamer, launched on the afternoon of Saturday 20 April 1867 by T.B. Seath & Co., Seath and Connell, of Rutherglen, for the Clyde Shipping Company, with a plan to use her in New Zealand coastal trading. She had 30, or , high pressure engines, and Fire-tube boiler, tubular boilers from Campbell & Son's foundry. ''Go-a-head'' left Glasgow on 10 May and Sailing, sailed to Melbourne, arriving on 2 November. An attempt to sell her failed, so on 2 December 1867 she left Hobson's Bay with a full cargo for Westport, New Zealand, Westport (then called Buller). She had to sail for an additional 12 days to get to Buller, where she briefly landed on the North Spit. This time she was advertised by Wellington agents, Harcourts International#History, A. P. Stuart & Co, the sale notice saying she had, "a draught of 4 feet of water, will carry 1000 sheep. Highly suited for trading between this and the West Coast." The "highly suited" and "Must b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Civil Ensign Of New Zealand
Civil may refer to: *Civic virtue, or civility *Civil action, or lawsuit *Civil affairs *Civil and political rights *Civil disobedience *Civil engineering *Civil (journalism), a platform for independent journalism *Civilian, someone not a member of armed forces *Civil law (other), multiple meanings *Civil liberties *Civil religion *Civil service *Civil society *Civil war *Civil (surname) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nelson, New Zealand
(Let him, who has earned it, bear the palm) , image_map = Nelson CC.PNG , mapsize = 200px , map_caption = , coordinates = , coor_pinpoint = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name = New Zealand , subdivision_type1 = Unitary authority , subdivision_name1 = Nelson City , subdivision_type2 = , subdivision_name2 = , established_title1 = Settled by Europeans , established_date1 = 1841 , founder = Arthur Wakefield , named_for = Horatio Nelson , parts_type = Suburbs , p1 = Nelson Central , p2 = Annesbrook , p3 = Atawhai , p4 = Beachville , p5 = Bishopdale , p6 = Britannia Heights , p7 = Enner Gly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manukau Harbour
The Manukau Harbour is the second largest natural harbour in New Zealand by area. It is located to the southwest of the Auckland isthmus, and opens out into the Tasman Sea. Geography The harbour mouth is between the northern head ("Burnett Head" / "Ohaka Head") located at the southern end of the Waitākere Ranges and South Head at the end of the Āwhitu Peninsula reaching up from close to the mouth of the Waikato River. The mouth is only 1800 metres wide, but after a nine kilometre channel it opens up into a roughly square basin 20 kilometres in width. The harbour has a water surface area of 394 square kilometres. There is a tidal variation of up to 4 metres, a very substantial change, especially since the harbour, being silted up with almost 10 million years of sedimentation, is rather shallow itself.Manukau Ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Steamship Company
The Northern Steam Ship Company Ltd (NSS) served the northern half of the North Island of New Zealand from 1881 to 1974. Its headquarters, the Northern Steam Ship Company Building, remains in use on Quay St, Auckland as a bar. Origins Initially there were very few roads and they were muddy and narrow, so a constant theme in early papers was a demand from small coastal settlements for a regular shipping service to link them with the major ports. For example, in 1874 a steamer service from Onehunga to Raglan and Port Waikato was given a subsidy by Auckland Province. Capt. Alexander McGregor had the steam ship ''Rowena'' built in Auckland in 1872. He joined with a syndicate of owners to run the ''Argyle'', ''Iona'', Glenelg', ''Staffa'', ''Rowena'', ''Fingal'' and ''Katikati'', as Auckland Steam Packet Co. ASP went into liquidation in 1878 due to losses on a ship for the Fiji trade, the ''SS Llewellyn''. On 10 January 1878 ASP had sold ''Southern Cross'' for £7000, '' Go-Ahe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tauranga
Tauranga () is a coastal city in the Bay of Plenty region and the fifth most populous city of New Zealand, with an urban population of , or roughly 3% of the national population. It was settled by Māori late in the 13th century, colonised by Europeans in the early 19th century, and was constituted as a city in 1963. The city lies in the north-western corner of the Bay of Plenty, on the south-eastern edge of Tauranga Harbour. The city extends over an area of , and encompasses the communities of Bethlehem, New Zealand, Bethlehem, on the south-western outskirts of the city; Greerton, on the southern outskirts of the city; Matua, west of the central city overlooking Tauranga Harbour; Maungatapu; Mount Maunganui, located north of the central city across the harbour facing the Bay of Plenty; Otūmoetai; Papamoa, Tauranga's largest suburb, located on the Bay of Plenty; Tauranga City; Tauranga South; and Welcome Bay. Tauranga is one of New Zealand's main centres for business, interna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Shipwrecks In 1870
The list of shipwrecks in 1870 includes ships sunk, foundered, grounded, or otherwise lost during 1870. January February March April May June July August September October November December Unknown date References Notes Bibliography *Ingram, C. W. N., and Wheatley, P. O., (1936) ''Shipwrecks: New Zealand disasters 1795–1936.'' Dunedin, NZ: Dunedin Book Publishing Association. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Shipwrecks In 1870 1870 Events January–March * January 1 ** The first edition of ''The Northern Echo'' newspaper is published in Priestgate, Darlington, England. ** Plans for the Brooklyn Bridge are completed. * January 3 – Construction of the Broo ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
SS Tauranga
SS ''Tauranga'' was the first coastal trading steam ship to be built in New Zealand, though a harbour steamer, '' Governor Wynyard'', had been built at Auckland in 1851. She was launched at Henry Niccol's North Shore yard in Auckland on 27 March 1867. ''Tauranga'' was a kauri-built, twin screw, 70 ton dwt, top-sail schooner, built for Bay of Plenty Steam Navigation Co. Engines and other fitting out works were done by Fraser & Tinne's Phoenix Foundry at Mechanics Bay. ''Tauranga'''s engines had a jet condenser cylinders, an stroke and ran at to produce 30 to and, although only designed for 7kn, she achieved a trial speed of She was built for the Auckland-Tauranga-Opotiki service, but also followed the Auckland–Thames route. She replaced an earlier schooner on the Auckland-Tauranga route, also called ''Tauranga''. She made a trial trip on 13 June 1867. With the exception of the imported shaft forgings, all the machinery was built by Phoenix Foundry, the first marin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Islands
The Bay of Islands is an area on the east coast of the Far North District of the North Island of New Zealand. It is one of the most popular fishing, sailing and tourist destinations in the country, and has been renowned internationally for its big-game fishing since American author Zane Grey publicised it in the 1930s. It is north-west of the city of Whangarei. Cape Reinga, at the northern tip of the country, is about by road further to the north-west. Geography The bay itself is an irregularly-shaped -wide, drowned valley system and a natural harbour. It contains 144 islands, of which the largest is Urupukapuka, and numerous peninsulas and inlets. The three largest inlets are Waikare Inlet in the south, and Kerikeri and Te Puna (Mangonui) inlets in the north-west. The Purerua Peninsula, north of Te Puna Inlet, separates the north-western part of the bay from the Pacific Ocean, and Cape Brett Peninsula extends into the ocean at the eastern end of the bay. The biggest t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Rookh (ship)
The name ''Lalla Rookh'', the heroine of an 1817 poem titled ''Lalla Rookh'' by Thomas Moore, was given to a number of ships: ''Lalla Rookh'' (1823 ship) A 380-ton sailing vessel. Sailed first to Charleston on 1 September 1823, under Captain Hugh Stewart, and subsequently to Rio de Janeiro and other ports in Brazil. Also under Stewart she sailed to Sydney, Brisbane, Singapore, and Penang. On 5 June 1826, with ''Lalla Rookh'' described as "the fine new ship, burthen 400 tons", she sailed to Madras, Penang and Singapore under Stewart. From 5 November 1827 she appears as travelling to Madras, Penang and Singapore under the command of Captain McCallum, before being wrecked on 6 March 1828 at Pondicherry under McCallum. ''Lalla Rookh'' (1825 ship) A wooden sailing vessel, 333 tons, built in 1825 by Thomas Metcalfe & Son in South Shields, "rigged as a Snow". She sailed firstly under Captain B. R. Jones, initially between British North America, including Quebec and Miramic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lalla Rookh (1868 Ship)
''Lalla Rookh'' is an Oriental romance by Irish poet Thomas Moore, published in 1817. The title is taken from the name of the heroine of the frame tale, the (fictional) daughter of the 17th-century Mughal emperor Aurangzeb. The work consists of four narrative poems with the connecting tale in prose. The name Lalla Rookh or Lala-Rukh ( fa, لاله رخ ''laleh rox/rukh'') is an endearment frequently used in Persian poetry. Name and background The name Lalla Rookh or Lala-Rukh ( fa, لاله رخ ''laleh rox'' or ''rukh''), means "tulip-cheeked" and is an endearment frequently used in Persian poetry. Lalla Rookh has also been translated as "rosy-cheeked"; however, the first word derives from the Persian word for tulip, ''laleh'', and a different word, ''laal'', means rosy, or ruby. Tulips were first cultivated in Persia, probably in the 10th century, and remain a powerful symbol in Iranian culture, and the name Laleh is a popular girl's name. ''Rukh'' also translates as "fa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Coromandel Gold Rushes
The Coromandel Gold Rushes on the Coromandel Peninsula and around the nearby towns of Thames and Waihi in New Zealand in the nineteenth century were moderately successful. Traces of gold were found about 1842. A small find was made near Coromandel in 1852; and a larger find in August 1867 when there was a modest rush. But Thames acquired a reputation for speculative holding of unworked ground despite regulations designed to check it, and some miners left for Queensland. Most of the gold was in quartz reefs rather than in more accessible alluvial deposits and had to be recovered from underground mines and extracted using stamping batteries. The decline in New Zealand gold production was halted in the 1890s. The Waihi Mine had been discovered in 1878, but was not seriously worked until 1887, when English capital set up a cyanide process plant. Hence, with these mines and gold dredges extracting gold from the Molyneaux River in Otago, the gold production of New Zealand again exceeded ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ports Of Auckland
Ports of Auckland Limited (POAL), the successor to the Auckland Harbour Board, is the Auckland Council-owned company administering Auckland's commercial freight and cruise ship harbour facilities. As the company operates all of the associated facilities in the Greater Auckland area (excluding the ferry terminals and local marinas for recreational yachting), this article is about both the current company and the ports of Auckland themselves. Infrastructure Ports of Auckland Limited operates seaports on the Waitematā Harbour and the Manukau Harbour, and four freight hubs (inland ports), in South Auckland, Palmerston North, Mount Maunganui and the Waikato. The company employs the equivalent of 600 full-time staff and is in operation at all hours to allow for quick turnaround of cargo.About Us (from the POAL website). Retrieved 25 November 2019. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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