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TARARUA 1878-1881
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Particulars of Ship
BuilderGourlay Bros
Where BuiltDundeeDate Built1864Tonnage828 GRTOwners & Previous Names1864-1869 Panama, NZ and Australian Royal Mail Line
1869-1878 McMeekan Blackwood & Co Melbourne
1878-1881 USSCo
Additional NotesBuilt on speculation and launched unnamed in April 1864.
Wrecked on Waipapa Point, Southland on 29 April 1878 with the loss of 189 lives including many woman and children.
Where BuiltDundeeDate Built1864Tonnage828 GRTOwners & Previous Names1864-1869 Panama, NZ and Australian Royal Mail Line1869-1878 McMeekan Blackwood & Co Melbourne
1878-1881 USSCo
Additional NotesBuilt on speculation and launched unnamed in April 1864. Wrecked on Waipapa Point, Southland on 29 April 1878 with the loss of 189 lives including many woman and children.
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New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (21st Aug 2019). TARARUA 1878-1881. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 20th Dec 2019 19:05, from https://www.nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/2310