Category: Lyttelton (1878)
Categories: Immigrant Ships to New Zealand
- Tug : 195 Tons
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Paddle tug built for Lyttelton Harbour Board. She made her way out to New Zealand under sail rigged as a brig, arriving at Lyttelton 21 Nov 1878. Whilst in service she was involved in several notable salvage feats.
- 1901 reboilered.
- Sep 1907 sold to Devonport Steam Ferry Company.
- 1912 sold to Kauri Timber Company and was active between Whangaroa and Coromandel ports towing rafts of kauri logs.
- 1941 laid up inside the Western Viaduct.
- 1945 superstructure destroyed in fire.
- 5 Oct 1955 towed north and run ashore at Lagoon Bay, Takatu Peninsular, for use as a shingle hopper.
When shingle trade ceased mid-1970s the hull was left to become slowly buried in the shingle drifts.
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