NAME OF SHIP YEAR MASTER's NAME
TYPE OF VESSEL SERVICE SOURCE
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A'ONUI
Ketch Argosy
Built at Suva and Tongan owned. At Auckland 1955.
ABE 1865
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Foundered in gale en route from Kaipara to Manukau on about 8th March 1865
after rendering assistance to "Daring".
ADVANCE 1864
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 28 tons (Schooner?) built at North Shore Auckland in 1863, went ashore on
the West Coast when bound from Auckland to Kaipara in August 1864.
AGNES 1874 J. BREW
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 23 tons and built at North Shore Auckland in 1860. Sailed from Manukau on
May 22nd 1874 to the Waikato and was never seen again. Crew of three all
drowned.
ALABAMA 1871
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was lost in a serious gale in Auckland on 24th March 1871.
ALBATROSS 1904
Paddle Waitemata Ferry Waitemata
Built 1904 by C. Bailey of 211 tons for the DSFCo. 1952 converted to diesel,
1960 ceased running.
ALBERT 1849 J.C. SMITH
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Wrecked at Mercury Bay in December 1848. No loss of life. Engaged on Survey
work under command of Mr. JC Smith of HMS Acheron
ALLIANCE 1865 C. MARSHALL
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 73 tons built St. Thomas Canada in 1851, wrecked on beach between Waikato
& Manukau on May 24th 1865. Capt. C Marshall.
ALMA 1902
Scow Schooner Phantom
Built Auckland by Niccol. Power barge on Tauranga Harbour 1975.
ALOE 1871
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was lost in a serious gale in Auckland on 24th March 1871.
ALTAIR 1903
Scow Hold Ketch Phantom
Built Auckland by Niccol 1903, Lost on reef north of Sydney during World War
II.
ANA 1884
Scow Phantom
No record. Wrecked sunken rock, Auckland 1884
ANGLIAN 1873
Single Screw Plowman
Purchased by Huddart when 20 years old. Carried 200 passengers., entered
Auck-Sydney service and other NZ ports. Withdrawn 1902, scrapped 1933.
ANN 1862
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 36 tons, built at Auckland in 1857, was wrecked on rocks when leaving
the Heathcote River on September 22nd 1862.
ANNIE 1871
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was lost in a serious gale in Auckland on 24th March 1871.
ANNIE LAURIE 1862
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Wrecked at Auckland on April 7th 1862 during very severe gales
ANNIE LAURIE 1866
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 24 tons, built Auckland in 1858, foundered off Alderman Islands on July
15th 1866 en route Auckland to Great Barrier. No lives lost.
ANTELOPE 1856 .... BURGESS
Schooner NZ Wrecks
of 35 tons built Wahapu Bay of Islands in 1850 under command of Capt.
Burgess, was wrecked at Long Point Hawkes Bay on May 17th 1856..
APANUI 1905
Steamer Northern SS Co. North
Built at Port Glasgow in 1905 of 243 tons. Laid up in Auckland in 1937 and
then scrapped.
APHRASIA 1841
Paddle Steamer Wreck Book
Built in England of 99 tons sank on 2nd November 1864 in Takou Bay north of
the Bay of Islands whilst on passage from Auckland to Newcastle NSW.
APHRASIA 1864 .... STEWART
Steamer NZ Wrecks
Paddle Steamer of 131 tons, built at Deptford Co Durham NSW in 1841
commanded by Capt. Stewart, was wrecked in Takou Bay Bay of Islands on
November 2nd 1864. No lives lost.
AQUILLA 1840
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 40 tons she had sailed from Kororareka for the Thames when on the night
of 29th June 1840 she was wrecked upon rocks in the Bay of Islands.
ARAHURA 1905
Twin Screws Union SS Co Plowman
Built Dumbarton 1905 of 1,596 tons for Auckland-Gisborne-Napier and also on
the Cook Strait run. Transferred to Anchor Line 1925 and used on Cook Strait
run. Failed survey in 1949. Hulk bombed by RNZAF 1952.
ARAPAWA 1908
Steamer Northern SS Co. North
Built Pailsey 1908 and bought by NSS Co in 1914 and served around NZ
Coasts until 1938 when laid up in Auckland. Beached Rangitoto in 1941.
ARGO 1873
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 32 tons built at Omaha in 1865. Believed to have foundered at sea with
the loss of all four hands on board on voyage from Auckland to Whangarei in
1873.
ARGYLE 1876
Steamer McGregor Ltd. North
Built Auckland 1876 of 159 tons, taken over by NSS Co in 1881. Played a part
in rescues of WAIRARAPA wrecking, in Oct. 1894. Sold 1897 to Adelaide and
broken up at Adelaide 1915.
ARIEL 1859
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 22 tons built at Hot Springs Auckland in June 1859, was on her maiden
voyage from Napier to Auckland when driven ashore in Poverty Bay on 15th
August 1859. No lives were lost.
ARIEL 1868
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 18 tons built at Coromandel in 1860 was wrecked at Cabbage Bay, Hauraki
Gulf May 12th 1868.
ARRAH-NA-POGUE 1912
Scow Schooner Phantom
Built Auckland by Niccol. Last seen as power barge on Derwent River
Tasmania.
ARTHUR MCKENZIE 1864
Brig NZ Wrecks
Of 229 tons and built at Bremen - Capt. Scott - stranded at South Spit, Port
Waikato when inward bound from Adelaide on June 1st 1864.
ARTHUR ROGERS
Brixham Trawler Argosy
At Auckland 1953
ASP 1862
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Wrecked at Auckland on April 7th 1862 during very severe gales.
AUPOURI 1905
Steamer Northern SS Co North
Built Glasgow in 1905 of 220 tons. After a long lie up at Auckland she was
finally broken up in October 1932.
AWATEA 1936
NZ-Sydney-NZ MM Wgton
Built 1936 of 13,482 tons. Used as Troopship in WW2. Bombed and sank off
Algeria in 1942.
BELLINA
GEN 84 588
Arrived Auckland April 1841.
BESSY 1862
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Wrecked at Auckland on April 7th 1862 during very severe gales .
BETSEY 1857
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Wrecked when beating out of Bay of Islands between July 10 & 12th 1857, crew
of two survived.
BETSY 1870
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 35 tons built at Mahurangi in 1864, was lost with all hands on a voyage
from Napier to Auckland in 1870.
BLONDE 1875 C. KEMP
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 14 tons built Mercury Bay that same year, capsized at sea en route from
Tauranga to Auckland in October 1875. Two crew lost.
BOLINA 1840
Barque Tairua
Sailed from Melbourne early 1840 and arrived Bay of islands about April 1840.
John Logan Campbell's boat.
BONNETA 1866
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 28 tons, built at Matakana in 1861 was wrecked off Kaipara Harbour Bar on
September 26th 1866.
BOYD 1875 J. SHEARER
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 16 tons registered at Auckland in 1850, went ashore at Maraenui Bay, Bay
of Plenty on 5th October 1875, later re-built by Maoris.
BRAMPTON 1823 .... MOORE
Ship NZ Wrecks
Of over 150 tons commanded by Capt. Moore. Wrecked in Bay of Islands on 7
September 1823.
BRAVO 1897
Scow Hold Schooner Phantom
Built Whangaroa 1897, converted to lighter 1918. Caught fire Auckland 1918.
BRITANNIA 1885
Paddle Waitemata Ferry Waitemata
Built 1885 by C. Bailey of 197 tons for DSFCo. 1929 sold and converted to
houseboat.
BROTHERS 1868
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Believed to have been lost at Waiheke Is about 1868 - Of 22 tons, built at
Matu in 1843
BRUNETTE 1875 William SINAMON
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 18 tons built at Mercury Bay in 1874, Was stranded and became a total
loss on 31st October 1875 at Tairua Harbour.
BUFFALO
HM Ship Tairua
Between 1834 & 1840 HMS Buffalo made 3 trips to NZ to collect Kauri spars.
Was wrecked on her third trip at Mercury Bay.
BUFFALO 1813
Warship Wreck Book
Built in India of 589 tons sank on 28th July 1840 at Mercury Bay, after
being driven ashore in a gale. Two lives were lost.
BUFFALO H.M.Ship 1840
Warship NZ Wrecks
Built of teak in Calcutta of 589 tons she was wrecked at Mercury Bay on
28th July 1840 two of her crew being drowned.
CAP PILAR
Barquentine Argosy
At Auckland 1937. Derelict in Essex UK in 1959
CARISBROOK CASTLE
GEN 88 385
Arrived Auckland 8 June 1875
CAROLINE 1869
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Officially recorded as having been wrecked in Freeman's Bay Auckland in
November 1869. She was of 21 tons built at Whangape Hokianga in 1862.
CASHMERE
GEN 88 385
Arrived Auckland from Gravesend 14 Apr. 1857
CECILIA SUDDEN 1902
4 masted schooner Wreck Book
Built in USA of 545 tons, she caught fire on 8th September 1921 and drifted
onto the southern end of Great Barrier Island.
CHALLENGE 1870 J. HOBBS
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 57 tons built at Akaroa in 1867. Struck the bar at the entrance to
Manukau Harbour on May 13th 1870.
CHALLENGER 1874
Paddle Steamer NZ Wrecks
Of 41 tons built at North Shore Auckland in 1870. Was smashed to pieces in
Auckland Harbour by ENE gales on February 7th 1874.
CHARLOTTE 1858
NZ Wrecks
Of 16 tons registered at Auckland was lost at Opotiki in 1858,
CHELMSFORD 1886
Steamer Northern SS Co North
Built 1886 at Sydney of 103 tons. Bought by NSS Co in 1889 for use on
Whangarei and East coast service. Had a chapter of accidents. Laid up 1918
in Auckland. Buried in reclamation June 1928.
CHELMSFORD 1899
Steam Ship NSS Co Tairua
Regularly called at Tairua.
CITY OF AUCKLAND 1860 .... TIZARD
Steamer NZ Wrecks
Of 25 tons built at North Shore Auckland in June 1859, was driven ashore at
Mechanics Bay Auckland when anchors dragged. Captain Tizard.
CITY OF CORK 1877
Paddle Waitemata Ferry Waitemata
Built 1877 of 44 tons by Hawkeswood. Converted to a barge in 1890.
CITY OF EDINBURGH 1809
Tairua
Loaded spars in Bay of Islands probably not kauri spars though.
CLAN ALPINE 1877 James SMART
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 40 tons built at Mechanics Bay Auckland in 1876, believed to have
foundered near Kaikoura peninsula on 24th October 1877 in heavy weather.
All hands were lost.
CLANSMAN 1930
Motor Ship Northern SS Co North
Built 1930 at Auckland as the WAKA. Bought and renamed October 1934.
Stranded on Whakatane River bar and damaged beyond repair in May 1956.
Broken up at Auckland 1963.
CLEOPATRA 1868 .... PALMER
Paddle Steamer NZ Wrecks
Built at Onehunga whilst on passage from Napier to Wellington, was wrecked
near Cape Palliser on 6th April 1868, Commanded by Capt. Palmer
CLYDE 1862
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Wrecked at Auckland on April 7th 1862 during very severe gales
CLYDE 1868 J. HASPER
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was totally wrecked alongside the wharf at Auckland on Sept 6th 1868 when
crushed by the "Morea".
CLYDE 1877 Lars PETERSEN
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 40 tons built at Mechanics Bay Auckland in 1865, went ashore at Te Hoe
Mahia Peninsula when bound for Auckland from Lyttleton on 20th March 1877.
COMBINE 1910
Scvow Schooner Phantom
Built in Auckland by Niccol. Was lost outside Coromandel when under tow in
load of logs post 1937.
COMET 1868
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 17 tons built at Auckland in 1858 was wrecked at Puhoi River Auckland on
March 27th 1868
CONDOR 1902
Paddle Waitemata Ferry Waitemata
Built 1902 G. Niccol of 263 tons with machinery from Scotland for the DSFCo.
Sold for scrap 1936
CORALIE 1867
Cutter Tairua
Built at Tairua for the Auckland trade.
CORDELIA 1867
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 21 tons built at Smales Point Auckland in 1865, was wrecked near Baring
Head Cook Strait on 2nd August 1867 with loss of three lives.
COROMANDEL 1879
Motor Ship Northern SS Co North
Built at Auckland of 99 tons in 1879 for the Coromandel Steam Boat Co and
sold to NSS Co in 1895. Broken up in 1912
COROMEL
Motor Vessel Gulf Ferry Mitcalfe
COSSACK 1823
Schooner American vessel NZ Wrecks
Wrecked while leaving Hokianga Harbour on 27/4/1823
CURLEW 1907
Scow Phantom
Built 1907 by Niccol at Auckland. Lost Nambuke River NSW in 1914
DANZIG 1873
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 24 tons was wrecked when she ran ashore at Patua River North Auckland on
23rd September 1873.
DAPHNE 1907
Scow Ketch Phantom
Built by Darroch in 1907, Renamed "RAHIRI". Still afloat at Waiheke in 1975.
DAPHNE 1908c
Motor Ship Northern SS Co North
Built pre 1908 at Auckland of 192 tons & sold to NSS Co in 1908. Sold in
1931 and converted to motor ship and named AWANUI. Sold again 1942 and her
engines used in TIROA. Beached in St. Mary's Bay 1956.
DARING 1865
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 31 tons built Mangawhai in 1863, Capt. Phipps, went ashore on Rangahia
Beach 8 miles from Kaipara Heads, on 22nd February 1865 Had previously
stranded at Waikato Heads in June 1864 and been repaired.
DART 1850
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 13 tons built at Pidgeon Bay Banks Peninsula in 1844 was lost at Waiheke
in 1850.
DART 1869 .... WHYTE
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 30 tons built in Akaroa in 1867, was lost on voyage to Auckland in
February 1869.
DAUNTLESS 1872
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 72 tons. Belived to have been lost in July 1872 after sailing from
Tauranga on June 28th for Auckland.
DAUNTLESS 1875 Hans POULSEN
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 72 tons built at Devonport in 1871, sailed from Dunedin on June 28th
1875 for Wellington via Oamaru, She cleared Moeraki on July 10th and was
never heard of again. All hands were lost.
DEFENDER 1901
Steamer Wreck Book
Built Australia of 109 tons she sank on 2nd August 1918 at Somes Island in
Wellington harbour after burning for some hours.
DIANA 1856
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of about 30 tons, was wrecked at Whakatane on March 24th 1856 when bound
from Auckland to East Coast. Manned by Maori captain and crew
DOLPHIN 1868
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 17 tons built at Auckland in 1865 went missing in 1868 - no details known.
DOMINION 1908
Scow Ketch Phantom
Built Auckland by Chas Gouk. Beached and rotted away at Whangarei.
DOUGLAS 1882
Steamer Northern SS Co North
Built at Auckland in 1882 of 92 tons, remained in the NSS Co fleet till
1898 then sold to Waitara. Wrecked on North Spit Mokau River in 1900.
DUNGARVEN 1886
Scow Ketch Phantom
Built Oamaha by Darroch in 1886. Broken up at Auckland in 1932.
EAGLE 1850 John GRAY
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 92 tons Capt. John Gray, Struck reef off Cape Colville whilst en route
Auckland to San Francisco on March 19th 1850. No lives lost.
EAGLE 1886
Paddle Waitemata Ferry Waitemata
Built 1886 by HG Fox with machinery from Scotland of 219 tons for ANSSF Co.
Register closed 1924.
ECLAIR 1866
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was wrecked at Queens Wharf in Auckland by gale on April 1st 1866.
ECLIPSE 1862
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Wrecked at Auckland on April 7th 1862 during very severe gales
ECLIPSE 1864
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 24 tons, built at Mahurangi in 1861, lost in the Rangitoto Channel
Auckland in 1864.
ECLIPSE 1895
Scow Schooner Phantom
Built by Niccol at Auckland in 1895. Registered in Sydney.
EDITH 1905
Scow Ketch Phantom
Built by Darroch. Converted to barge in 1925. Rotted away on the hard at
Te Atatu.
ELFIN QUEEN 1865 .... DIXON
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was wrecked at Manukau Heads on October 15th 1865. Capt. Dixon, 2 seamen and
two passengers all lost.
ELIZA 1854
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 42 tons built in Auckland in 1850 by Henry Niccol owned by Maori chiefs,
driven ashore in Poverty Bay on about 26th October 1854.
ELIZABETH 1841
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 51 tons she sailed from Bay of Islands bound for Auckland and on 17th
April 1841 was totally wrecked on Elizabeth Reef, near Whananaki.
ELIZABETH 1854
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 43 tons built at Hokianga in 1851, dragged her anchors at Port Tryphena
Great Barrier Island on 17th November 1854.
ELIZABETH AND MARY 1832
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 90 tons. Wrecked at Port Waikato bar in 1832.
ELIZABETH ANN 1867
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Was wrecked while crossing the bar at Tairua on 29th March 1867 when
outward bound for Auckland
ELIZABETH DAVIS 1847 .... CAPE
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 33 tons, she had crossed the Tasman to Auckland and sailed from there
for Wellington on 14th October 1847 and was never seen again. Captain Cape
in command.
ELIZABETH MARY 1869
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 26 tons built at Auckland in 1864 was wrecked at Marina Bay Great
Barrier Island on June 19th 1869
ELLEN 1860 B. RICHARDS
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Sailed from Dunedin on May 25th 1860 with three passengers bound for
Auckland and was never heard of again. Captain B Richards
ELLEN 1866 Thomas CLARKSON
Cutter NZ Wrecks
Of 28 tons built North Shore Auckland in 1864, was under Capt. Thomas
Clarkson when she was wrecked crossing the Sumner Bar on December 8th 1866.
ELSIE 1904
Aux Ketch Northern SS Co North
Built in Auckland in 1904 and sold to the NSS Co in 1906 and remained in
NSS Co fleet till 1928. Wrecked in South Westland on 15th September 1930.
EMERALD ISLE 1867
Schooner NZ Wrecks
Of 28 tons built Mercury Bay in 1854, under Captain Abe foundered off
Charleston on or about 26th August 1867. Loss of all hands.
EMMA 1860 .... HOLFORD
Brig NZ Wrecks
Of 150 tons owned and commanded by Captain Holford, was wrecked on the
Manukau bar during July 1860.
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Compiled by the Genealogical Computer Group of the NZ Society of
Genealogists. Last updated (by the NZSG) on - 30th July 1988.
Edited 24 June 1998 by Carol Whyte to exclude all but the Auckland area for
Auckland, NZGenWeb.
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