Ship |
Type |
Date launched |
Date acquired |
Date disposed |
Fate/ next assignment |
Aorangi |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1883 |
|
1914 |
Scrapped 1925 |
British King |
cargo and passenger ship |
1881 |
chartered 1882[15] |
1884 |
Scuttled at Port Arthur 1904 |
Coptic |
cargo and passenger steamship |
1881 |
chartered 1883 |
1884 |
Scrapped 1926 |
Doric |
cargo and passenger steamship |
1883 |
chartered 1883 |
1884 |
Wrecked 1911 |
Fenstanton |
steamship |
1882 |
chartered 1883 |
1884 |
Grounded and wrecked |
Hurunui (1) |
cargo and passenger sailing ship |
1875 |
|
1883 |
Collided and sank Waitara, 22 June 1883[16] |
Hurunui (2) |
refrigerated cargo steamship |
1911 |
|
1918 |
Sunk by torpedo off The Lizard by U-94, 18 May 1918[17] |
Hurunui (3) |
refrigerated cargo steamship |
1921 |
|
1940 |
Sunk by torpedo on 15 October 1940 by U-93[18] |
Ionic |
cargo and passenger ship |
1883 |
chartered 1883 |
1884 |
Scrapped 1908 |
Kaikoura (1) |
cargo and passenger steamship |
1884 |
|
1899 |
Sold to British India SN Co |
Kaikoura (2)[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1903 |
|
1926 |
Sold |
Kaipara[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1903 |
|
1914 |
Stopped and sunk by SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, 16 August 1914[20] |
Mataura (1) |
barque |
1868 |
1874 (former Dunfinnan) |
1894 |
Sold and renamed Alida. Wrecked 1900[19] |
Mataura (2)[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1896 |
|
1898 |
Wrecked in the Strait of Magellan 12 January 1898[21] |
Opawa |
refrigerated cargo motor ship |
1931 |
|
1942 |
Sunk by U-106, 6 February 1942[22] |
Orari |
refrigerated cargo motor ship |
1931 |
|
1958 |
Sold to Italy and renamed Capo Bianco[23] |
Otaio |
refrigerated cargo motor ship |
1930 |
|
1941 |
Sunk by U-558, 28 August 1941[24] |
Otaki (1) |
sailing ship |
1875 |
|
1896 |
Sold and renamed Dr. Siegert |
Otaki (2) |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1908 |
|
1917 |
Sunk by the German raider SMS Möwe 10 March 1917 |
Otaki (3) |
refrigerated cargo steamship |
1919 |
|
1934 |
Sold to Clan Line and renamed Clan Robertson |
Otaki (4) |
refrigerated cargo motor ship |
1953 |
|
1967 |
Transferred to Federal Steam Navigation Co |
Otorama[19] |
steamship |
1890 |
former Sea King |
1902 |
Sold |
Papanui[19] |
steamship |
1898 |
|
1909 |
Sold |
Paparoa[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1899 |
|
|
17 March 1926 caught fire in the South Atlantic, scuttled by HMS Birmingham[25] |
Piako (1) |
clipper |
1877 |
|
|
Sold, lost 1900[19] |
Piako (2) |
refrigerated cargo steamship |
1920 |
1920 (former War Orestes) |
1941 |
Sunk by torpedo on 18 May 1941 by U-107 |
Piako (3) |
refrigerated cargo and passenger ship |
1961 |
1962 |
1979 |
Sold to Blue Ocean Compania Maritima SA. Scrapped 1984 |
Rakaia |
cargo and passenger motor ship |
1944 |
1946 (former Empire Abercorn) |
1971 |
Scrapped |
Rakanoa[citation needed] |
|
|
|
|
|
Rangitane (1) |
passenger motor ship |
1929 |
1929 |
1940 |
Sunk by shellfire by the German raiders Orion and Komet, 26 November 1940[26] |
Rangitane (2) |
passenger motor ship |
1949 |
1949 |
May 1968 |
Sold to CY Tung, Scrapped Taiwan, 1976 |
RMS Rangitata |
passenger motor ship |
26 March 1929 |
1929 |
1962 |
Scrapped |
RMS Rangitiki |
passenger motor ship |
1929 |
1929 |
1962 |
Scrapped |
Rangitoto |
passenger motor ship |
1949 |
1949 |
1969 |
Sold to CY Tung, Scrapped Hong Kong, 1976 |
Remuera (1) |
passenger steamship |
1911 |
|
1940 |
Sunk by aerial torpedo 26 August 1940 |
Remuera (2) |
steam cargo and passenger steamship |
1947 |
1961 (former Parthia) |
1964 |
Sold to Eastern & Australia Steamship Company.[27] |
Rimutaka (1)[19] |
steamship |
1884 |
|
1900 |
Sold to British India SN Co |
Rimutaka (2) |
refrigerated cargo and passenger ship |
1901 |
|
1930 |
Scrapped |
Rimutaka (3) |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1922 |
1938 (former Mongolia) |
1950 |
Sold to Incres Shipping Company |
Rotorua (1) |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1910 |
|
1917 |
Sunk by torpedo on 22 March 1917 by SM UC-17 |
Rotorua (2) |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1910 |
1936 (former Shropshire) |
1940 |
Sunk by torpedo on 11 December 1940 by U-96[28] |
Ruahine (1) |
steamship |
1891 |
|
1900 |
Sold |
Ruahine (2) |
refrigerated cargo steamship |
1909 |
|
1949 |
Sold to Italian owners; scrapped 1957 |
Ruahine (3) |
passenger motor ship |
|
1951 |
1968 |
re-registered in Hong Kong; scrapped 1974 |
Ruapehu (10) |
efrigerated cargo and passenger ship |
1901 |
|
1931 |
Sold for scrap 5 August 1931 |
Stad Haarlem |
cargo and passenger ship |
1875 |
leased 1879 |
|
|
Tekoa[19] |
steamship |
1890 |
|
1902 |
Sold |
Tongariro |
passenger and cargo steamship |
1883 |
1883 |
1899 |
Sold to British India SN Co |
Tongariro |
1901 |
|
|
1916 |
Wrecked on Bull Rock, 30 August 1916[29] |
Tongariro |
1925 |
|
|
1960 |
Scrapped |
Turakina (1)[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1902 |
|
1917 |
Sunk by torpedo in the Western Approaches by U-86, 13 August 1917[30] |
Turakina (2) |
steamship |
1923 |
1923 |
1940 |
Sunk by shellfire in the Tasman Sea by the German raider Orion, 20 August 1940[31] |
Waikato[19] |
sailing ship |
1874 |
|
1898 |
Sold |
Waimate[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger ship |
1896 |
|
1925 |
Scrapped |
Waitara |
cargo and passenger sailing ship |
1863 |
1873 (former Hindustan) |
1883 |
Wrecked following a collision with Hurunui[16] |
Wakanui[19] |
refrigerated cargo and passenger steamship |
1899 |
|
1913 |
Sold |
Warrimoo |
passenger steamship |
1892 |
1899 |
1901 |
Sold to Union Steam Ship Co |
Whakatane[19] |
refrigerated cargo steamship |
1900 |
|
1924 |
Sold |