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New Zealand : South Island

Lake Wakatipu

Antrim (1868-1905 in service : 1920)
Built by JW Robertson & Co at Greenstone
82 ft wooden hull : 57 GT
Engine by Kincaid & McQueen of Dunedin
Laid up in 1905 and dismantled in 1930
Engine saved and used to power the steam slipway on the lake which is currently used by the lake steamer Earnslaw



Above : Mountaineer at Elfin Bay. Photo by  AP Godber courtesy of  the Godber Collection, Alexander Turnbull Library

Mountaineer (1879-1932 in service : 1941)
Built by Kincaid & McQueen of Dunedin and assembled at Lake Wakatipu
130 ft steel hull
Engine : Compound diagonal 18 and 36 in x 42 in
Built for the Wakatip Steam Shipping Co
Purchased by the state Railways Department in 1903
Withdrawn in 1932
Used as a houseboat
Scrapped in 1941

Other areas
Avon (1859-1862)
Built by Barclay, Curle & Co at Glasgow
58.2 ft : 42 GRT
Built for the Canterbury Local Steam Navigation Co, Lyttleton
Sold to New Zealand governement
Reengined in 1872 with screw propulsion

Bruce

Koputai

Colleen


Prince Albert (1860-1862)
Built in 1852 by Smith & Rodger at Govan
132.9 ft : 230 GT
Steeple engine
Sailed for various owners at Melbourne, Australia
Bought by Frederick Greer of Dunedin but returned to previous owners following insolvency
Re-sold for use at Hong Kong

Sampson

Geelong

City of Dunedin (1864-1865)
Built in 1863 by Archibald Denny at Dumbarton UK
167.3 ft : 463 GRT
Owned by the Otago Steam Navigation Company at Dunedin
Lost soon after leaving Wellington in May 1865.

Charles Edward (1864-1908)
Built in 1864 by Archibald Denny at Dumbarton UK
129.7 ft : 140 GRT
Owned by the Otago Steam Navigation Company at Dunedin
Registered at Melbourne Australia from 1864-1868
From 1868 registered at Nelson NZ
Wrecked in the Whanganui River in 1908

Wallace

HARBOUR TUGS
Lyttleton harbour : Mana (1890-1948).  Buit by Fleming & Ferguson of Paisley UK. 120 ft : 196 GRT. Twin 2 cyl 18 and 36 in x 36 in. Moved to Westport  in 1895

Lyttlton harbour  : Lyttleton  - until 1907.  Moved to Devonport, Auckland, North Island and used as a ferry

Dunedin harbour : Koputai (1876-1917). Built by Thomas Wingate & Co of Glasgow, UK. 112.2 ft : 158 GT. Compound diagonal.  Sold for use at Sydney, Australia. Lost in 1920

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