CORINNA’S LAST VOYAGE
COASTAL TRADER TO HE SUNK. WELT- KNOWN AT NEW PLYMOUTH. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Last Night. After nearly half a century of active' service the Union Company’s old steamer Corinna is to be towed into Cook Strait, probably on Saturday if the Weather is suitable, and scuttled. The Corinna is on the patent slip where everything of value is being removed prior to the last short voyage. a Built in 1882 by D. and W. Henderson, Glasgow, for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company the Corinna is , a singlescrew iron steamer of 1319 tons gl-oss and 791 tons net. In 1891 the Union Steam Ship Company 'bought out the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company and took over that company’s ships. In 1894 the Corinna came to New Zealand and entered the Dunedin-Lyttelton-Wel-lington passenger service. The passenger accommodation was removed in 1903 and the. Corinna, fitted with refrigerated space, entered the Dunedin-Lyttelton-Wellington-Nelson-New Plymouth service. In 1005 Onehunga was added to the ports visited. The Corinna was finally withdrawn and laid up at Wellington last New Year’s Eve.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 November 1930, Page 6
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