SS ''Ben Lomond'' was an 1872 twin-screw steamer plying the waters of Lake Wakatipu in

New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island count ...

. For some years she was the oldest vessel on

Lloyd's Register Lloyd's Register Group Limited (LR) is a technical and professional services organisation and a maritime classification society, wholly owned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation, a UK charity dedicated to research and education in science and ...

.The New Zealand Maritime Record: The Lake Steamer Ben Lomond of 1872
/ref> The vessel was launched as ''Jane Williams'' at Queenstown on 10 February 1872 and registered at

Dunedin Dunedin ( ; mi, Ōtepoti) is the second-largest city in the South Island of New Zealand (after Christchurch), and the principal city of the Otago region. Its name comes from , the Scottish Gaelic name for Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland. Th ...

on 26 March the same year. The vessel's name was changed to ''Ben Lomond'', after the mountain of the same name, on 12 May 1886. She was withdrawn from service on 30 June 1951 and sunk off

Kingston Bay Kingston may refer to: Places * List of places called Kingston, including the five most populated: ** Kingston, Jamaica ** Kingston upon Hull, England ** City of Kingston, Victoria, Australia ** Kingston, Ontario, Canada ** Kingston upon Thames, ...

on 28 October 1952. ''Ben Lomond'' worked with her sister ships, the paddle steamers ''Antrim'' and ''Mountaineer'' and the twin screw steamer , transporting sheep, cattle and passengers to the surrounding high country stations.

Notes

{{DEFAULTSORT:BenLomond Ships built in New Zealand Ferries of New Zealand Steamships of New Zealand 1872 ships Queenstown, New Zealand