General Shipping list
Last updated
16 Feb 2000
This is a general list of craft mentioned in the genealogy or shipping sections. It is continually being updated.

Name
Year
Type
Details.
Andrew Jackson
1865
Clipper
Emigrant ship carrying Thomas Smith and his family to NZ.
This ship carried families to NZ under various settlement schemes that provided a grant of land upon arrival. Joseph Evans was on this same voyage.
Arramac
1897
Steamship
Ship carrying Edward Wagener and his young family from Melbourne to Sydney on the first leg of the journey.
Argyle
1831
 Convict ship that took Joseph Matthews from England to Sydney, with himself as Chaplain..
Clansman
ca 1900
Coaster
A regular coastal vessel on the run northwards from Auckland.
Coronet
ca 1870
Brig
Captained by Michael Yates, brother to Helen Yates.
Governor Macquarie
ca 1824
 
Missionary vessel that carried the Davis family across the Tasman to the Bay of Islands.
Ida Ziegler
1863
 Ship carrying a group of Maori chiefs to England where they paid a visit to the Prince of Wales and Queen Victoria. Chief Paratene from the Whangaruru area was the (religious) minister for the group.
Kirkwood
ca 1860
 The ship Helen Yates came out to NZ on.
Lancashire Witch
1865
 Ship carrying William Henry Saies to Auckland.
SS Rotorua
1923
Steamship
Ship carrying Gertrude Rose Melady and her family to New Zealand.
The Brothers
1823
 
Ship carrying Rev Richard Davis and family to Sydney, Australia.
Mahurangi
 
Cutter
Owned by Subritzky family and used for coastal trade in Northland, New Zealand
Minerva
1837
 
Passenger ship bringing Sophia Snowden from Sydney, Australia to New Zealand. Sophie was accompanied by her two children and by her brother William Jaques.
Nymph
 
Schooner
Owned by Captain William James Lloyd and family
Osprey
1845
 
Government ship detailed to investigate sale of guns and amunition to Maoris, captained by a Capt. Patten. Called at several east coast (NZ) ports on this mission, including Mangonui and Whangaroa.
Persia
1861
 
Immigrant ship carrying the Lane family from England to NZ. The Lanes became well known boatbuilders in the Whangaroa area of Northland..
Smuggler
 
Schooner
Owned by Captain William James Lloyd and family.
Swallow
 
Schooner
Owned by Subritzky family and used for coastal trade in Northland, New Zealand, and captained by Henry Moore, Ludolph Subritzky's son-in-law.
Venture
 
Schooner
Owned by Captain William James Lloyd and captained in coastal waters by his son-in-law Ludolph Anton Subritzky
Venus
ca 1806 
Brig
This ship was siezed by convicts at Daylrymple in Tasmania and sailed to NZ, where eventually it was captured by Maoris and burned. It is worth noting that she was probably the ship to leave the first two European women on shore in NZ, at the Bay of Islands.
Waihora
1897
 
Trans-Tasman ship on the run from Sydney to Auckland, on this occasion transporting Edward Wagener and his family back to New Zealand.
Water Witch
ca 1860
Schooner
First ship owned by Capt. William James Lloyd, and used for coastal work, based in Whangaruru, just north of Whangarei.
Wimmera
ca 1914
Steamer
Sunk off the Three Kings Islands by a mine laid by a German Raider. The survivors came ashore at Tom Bowlings Bay, close to North Cape, and made contact with residents of Te Hapua

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