SHIPPING NEWS

Press, Volume CXIV, Issue 33516, 23 April 1974, Page 7

SHIPPING NEWS

Hinemoa was a beautiful ship

An Ashburton correspondent. \ \ . wk* that he found an old .newspaper cutting about the s ormer (Jmernnient steamer ihnemoa. in ‘*one of grandma s od recipe book.-.” He suggests) ths famous vessel might be of: Interest. She certainly will be to’ o'der -seamen The dainty Hine-: rnoa. which had accommodation! fur 30 passengers. wa« built for in 1876. at Greenock. She had; beautiful lines. Normally cruising at 11 knots, j •he had a clinper bow with scroll | work, a short bowsprit and . counter stern. With a g c-»s tonnage of 542 tons s h p i • - only 209 feet long, with a 1 Kam of 25 feet, and a depth) • f 15 feet The known cf her masters v.as the late Cap : • Lon-1 doner, born in 1862. who spent! half a centurv at sea. most of ii n Neu Zealand or nearby \.A sav» that he has always) been Impressed bv the number, of place' the little Hinemoa j t sited Tht* Hinemoa and het. successor, the Tutanekai, also romo anded b\ Captain Bollons? searched exery corner of the, V w Zealand coastline, but also) further atieid < aptain Bollons ( a-ned on a relentless search for, on religion, anthropology • 4k;or F and crafts of the Maori He was also a naturalist. He 'pckr Maori eloquently. Government steamers such as r t Hinenu a. the Tutanekai. and 1 ..’er the Matai, carried interest-, I folk they filled the role; • f Vice Regal vachts They] • t'ed lighthouse* remote bass.J -nd picturesque sounds. They; carried member> of Parliament., military and police «quads to •rouble spot*, criminals, and in-; mate* of mental hospitals on transfer, and earlier, a hangman and gallow* for hanging nnird erer* ARRIVALS Erne «5.23 am.-. 13.728. Capt.j R Wamner. Marsden Point 1 • I S s.». 1 anker > Marko Polo .3.43 p m ». 3158. Au. kland l .S.St. Coastal Trader 5.30 p.m >.

. 2999, Capt. R Tindall, Auckland; I .U.S.Sj. DEPARTURES ■ Holmlea (4.45 p.m.), 105.3, Capt. D. Mac Kay, Wellington (U.S.S.). Erne <6.21 p.m.', 13,723, Capt. 1 ’ R Warriner, Wellington (U.S.S.j. 1 iTanker.' Baron Renfrew (11.32 p.m.l. ' 13.544, Capt. A. H. Tyrrell, BhilY British Phosphate Commission'. l|(Bulk.) EXPECTED ARRIVALS ; Aluco. Napier, today ' tanker). I Rangatira. Wellington, today. i Hawea, Wellington, April 24. ■ Yamaasa Mani. Wellington. II April 24. : Marania, Auckland, April 24. ' Holmlea. Wellington, April 24. I Granton. Nelson, April 24 (bulk). I Rangatira. Wellington. April 24 'Hertford. Dunedin. April 24. Marko Marulic. Dunedin. April 25. ; Shabonee. Wellington, April 25. | , (Tanker). Hamilton. Marsden Point. April) I 27 (tanker). Union Wellington. Dunedin. ,; April 30. PROJECTED DEPARTURES 'Rangatira. Wellington, today., (Daylight.) Aluco. Gelong. today (tanker). ; Coastal Trader, Dunedin, today. < Holmlea, Wellington. April 24. ; Rangatira, Wellington. April 24. I Hawea, Wellington, April 24. I Hobart Star. Bluff April 24 I Shabonee. Slelbourne, April 25. (Tanker.) Marania. Melbourne. April 25. ; Woosung. Napier. April 27. Granton. Australia. April 27; 'bulk'. I Hamilton. Timaru, April 28; II itanker). Marko Marulic. Australia, April ' 29 i Union Wellington. Wellington, April 30. Hertford. Hull. April 30. VESSELS IN PORT Hobart Star. No. 1 Cashin Quay. Woosung. No. 2 Cashin Quav. Coastal Trader. G.P.W. Marko Polo. No. .3 West. Frysna. No. 6 West (survey). . Holmdale. No. 7 East.