WAIMATE (1896)

Service dates: 1916-1925

Official number: 105276

Shipping lines: NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.

Ship type:

• Passenger Ship

Passenger Liner.

Career

11.07.1896

Launched.

02.10.1896

Ran trials.

07.10.1896

Registered as Waimate at Plymouth to JB Westray and WC Dawes.

02.01.1897

Ownership transferred to the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.

31.01.1900

Left Wellington for South Africa with part of the 5th New Zealand Contingent to the Boer War.

03.12.1901

Suffered a fire in her flax cargo in Nos.4 and 5 holds at Napier. It was extinguished after 3 days.

28.06.1902

Grounded on a mudbank at Auckland when leaving for Wellington. She was soon refloated and continued her voyage.

02.09.1904

Collided with the steamer Munchen near the Owers Light in the River Thames.

16.01.1905

Suffered a fire in her flax cargo in No.5 ‘tween deck bound Wellington to London. Put into Montevideo where she arrived on 30th January.

31.05.1906

Suffered a fire in her wool cargo in No.4 hold.

05.01.1910

Grounded in Barrow Deep, Thames Estuary, inward bound.

16.12.1910

Burst a steam pipe when leaving Sydney for Auckland. She returned for repairs.

22.05.1914

Suffered a fire in her wool, hemp and tow cargoes bound New Zealand to London. She put into Port Stanley where the fire was extinguished.

07.09.1916

Takeover of the New Zealand Shipping Co by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.

01.03.1917

Collided with the steamer Arahura in the Gisborne roadstead as she left for Auckland.

29.08.1917/06.05.1919

Taken up under the Liner Requisition Scheme.

18.05.1925

Sold to S A Alti Forni Fonderei Acciaierie e Ferriere Franchi Gregorini of Genoa.

18.06.1925

Wrecked 8km (5 miles) north-east of Cape St Vincent, bound Glasgow to Genoa with coal on her last voyage prior to demolition.

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