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Jade River: A History of the Mahurangi

Ronald H Locker
First published 2001. Published online 2014–. This online edition is a work in progress…

Contents

Contents

Pages xxx–xxxin printed edition

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Builder
spar station shipwright
Robert McDougall
Thomas Scott & Sons
W Bradley, W Brown, C Dyer, G Jackson
William McDougall
George Darroch & Sons
John Parker
George Darroch & Sons
George Darroch & Sons
William Grant
George Darroch & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
William Grant
George Darroch & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
George Darroch & Sons
George Darroch & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
G Duke, W R McKay
Thomas Scott & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
George Darroch & Sons
George Darroch & Sons
George Darroch & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
James Clare
James Darroch
Thomas Scott & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
James Clare
James Darroch
James Darroch
Thomas Scott & Sons
James Darroch
James Darroch
Thomas & Ben Short
Thomas Scott & Sons
Thomas & Ben Short
James Darroch
John Darrach & Sons
John P Oxley (Sharp?)
James Darroch
Thomas & Ben Short
John Darrach & Sons
James Darroch
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
William Southgate
William Southgate
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
Thomas Scott & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
John Darrach & Sons
Malcolm Darrach
Rufus Dunning
John Darrach & Sons
Malcolm Darrach
John Darrach & Sons
Malcolm Darrach
John Darrach & Sons
Built
183?
1849
1849
1849
1849
1851
1851
1852
1852
1852
1853
1853
1853
1854
1854
1855
1855
1855
1857
1857
1858
1858
1859
1860
1861
1861
1862
1862
1862
1863
1864
1864
1864
1864
1865
1865
1865
1865
1866
1867
1867
1867
1868
1868
1869
1870
1870
1871
1871
1873
1873
1873
1873
1874
1874
1874
1874
1874
1874
1875
1875
1875
1876
1876
1876
1876
1876
1877
1877
1878
1878
1880
Name
unknown
Julia
William
Post Boy
John
Eagle
Mary
Hori Tepara
Robert
Naumai
Alexander
North Shore
James
Exert
Duke of Wellington
James & Julia
Maggie
Mary Ann
Gem
Hotearoa
Industry
Three Sisters
Maraniwi
Lark
William & Julia
Eclipse
Antelope
Bee
Australian Maid
Volunteer
Sea Belle
Betsy
General Cameron
Rosella
Bittern
Mahurangi
Hercules
America
Stately
Whangarei
Cleopatra
Wild Duck*
Golden Isle
Fiery Cross
Flirt
Maud
Laetitia
Coronet
Julia Pryce
Arthur
Bonita
Rover
Start
Agnes
Energy
Helena
Marmion
Eleanor
Warkworth
Elizabeth
Ethel
Gypsy
Lake St Clair
Nellie
Saxon
Maud Graham
Lady of the Lake
Ada C Owen
Linda Weber
Ōamaru
Rose
Borealis
Type
work boat
schooner
cutter
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
cutter
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
cutter
schooner
schooner
schooner
schooner
cutter
schooner
cutter
cutter
cutter
cutter
schooner
schooner
cutter
cutter
cutter
cutter
schooner
cutter
schooner
ketch
schooner
schooner
brigantine
cutter
schooner
schooner
topsail sch.
schooner
schooner
schooner
cutter
topsail sch.
schooner
brigantine
topsail sch.
cutter
cutter
schooner
brigantine
cutter
scow
schooner
schooner
schooner
scow
brigantine
brigantine
brigantine
cutter
brigantine
total tonnage
Tons
36
15
30
25
14
46
15
15
14
16
19
18
40
18
17
15
20
25
24
24
27
16
24
33
24
17
31
20
23
27
35
41
36
41
21
35
40
86
32
92
43
72
72
100
40
44
95
41
45
22
33
27
128
79
120
92
22
25
47
180
27
58
66
58
80
22
183
114
156
37
131
3406
Feet
~25
48
35
45
44
36
49
36
37
39
37
40
40
43
37
41
42
46
50
49
55
50
43
46
53
50
39
51
39
45
46
30
62
66
53
44
52
52
81
52
82
57
75
77
81
47
63
83
61
60
46
85
54
84
74
84
75
48
45
62
98
51
71
65
76
53
99
86
92
53
87
Fate
Fate not recorded. Dipping-lug rig and length surmised
Wrecked Fox River, 1866
Wrecked Auckland Harbour, gale 1863
Sold foreign, 1851
Lost Gull Point off Wade, 1862
Lost Maketu, 1851 on delivery voyage
Sold to Honolulu, 1852
Owned Himona Timati, Tauranga. Wrecked there 1854
Māori owners, Tauranga Wrecked there 1860
Wrecked Hokianga between 1867 and 1871
Lost Bay of Plenty, 1860
Lost Whangaparāoa circa 1856
Lost off Waiheke, 1861
Broken up Maketu, 1860
Te Hemara and Te Kingi, Pūhoi. Lost off Mahurangi circa 1863
Māori owners, Bay of Plenty. Register closed 1867
Māori owners Maketu. Lost there 1858
Wrecked Tauranga, 1857
Lost Turanganui River, 1865
Two chiefs North Shore. Register closed 1867. Not heard of several years
Chief Te Kiri, Mahurangi and Pākiri. Lost Waikato bar, 1871
Lost Whangapoua, Great Barrier, 1872, Great Barrier
Captured and burned by East Coast Māori Jul 1865. 1 crew killed
Register closed 1867. Not heard of for several years
Māori owners Kaipara, then Mahurangi. Sold Noumea 1878
Lost Rangitoto Channel, 1864
Converted fishing boat, Invercargill, 1912, Invercargill
Lost off Kaikoura, all hands. Lyttleton–Havelock 1881
Lost Fiji, 1867
Lost off New Hebrides or New Caledonia after 1868
Lost Whangapoua, 1868
Lost, all hands. Napier–Auckland 1870
Service to Matakana, 1864. Sold to Tahiti, 1867, 1864. Sold to Tahiti
Lost Hokitika Bar, 1865
Wrecked Norfolk Island, 1868
Wrecked Great Barrier 1892. All saved
Wrecked Pacific, Mitiera Island, 1867, Mitiera Island
Cost £1000. Wrecked Fiji, 1870
Driven ashore Ōamaru, 1867
Wrecked Great Barrier 1887. All saved
Lost off Mahia. Timber, Thames–Lyttleton, 1886
Lost Queensland, pearling
Wrecked Queensland, 1888
Left Ōamaru–Onehunga 1878, vanished
Wrecked Suva, Samoa, 1883, Samoa
Lost Fiji, 1878
Sold to Samoa, 1879
Lost Fiji, 1882
Wrecked Aitutaki, 1888
Filled and sank off Ōpunake, Lyttleton–New Plymouth, 1879, crew saved
Lost North Head, Coromandel Harbour, 1876, Coromandel Harbour
Sold to Haapai, Tonga, 1880, Tonga
Driven ashore, Kennedys Bay, 1893, Kennedys Bay
Lost Waitangi Harbour, Chatham Islands
Sold to Tahiti, 1873
Wrecked Hook Point, Waiheke, 1899, Waiheke
Lost Napier–Tairau, all hands, 1889, all hands
Lost Māori Rock, Kawau Island, 1907, Kawau Island
Lost South of Kaipara Entrance, 1908
Sold to Samoa, 1877
Cost £1670. Sold to Sydney, 1882
Leaked and sank off Whangārei Heads
Broken up 1919
Lost Astrolabe Reef, Bay of Plenty, 1878
Engined 1912 as Waro. Lost Waipu beach, 1916
Driven ashore Port Robinson, North Canterbury, 1899
Converted to barge, 1926
Lost Tahiti, 1889
Lost off East Cape, all hands, 1901, all hands
Sold to Singapore, 1893
Sold to Fiji, 1880
Non-chattel-slave trader. 7 of crew massacred Malaita, Solomon Islands 1880. Vessel saved