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White Wings Vol I. Fifty Years Of Sail In The New Zealand Trade, 1850 TO 1900

The Wairoa

The Wairoa.

Although the Wairoa was of the same tonnage and built in the same year as the Waipa, Orari, Otaki, and Hurunui, and turned out of the same yards, she seldom made passages equal to the other ships. On no less than nine passages outwards she was over 100 days port to port. On one occasion, however, in 1866, she ran out to Port Chalmers in 80 days from the Lizard light to the Snares, and 86 port to port. Her daily average runs on this occasion from the Equator to the Nuggets was 200 miles, the best day's run being 311 miles. This was her second visit to Dunedin in ten years.

In 1879 the Wairoa left Gravesend on July 19 with 187 passengers for Wellington. She was detained in the Channel for eight days, and then had a good run to the Line, which was crossed on the twenty-third day out, a really good performance. Thence she was in the doldrums for nearly three weeks, the result being another long passage of 118 days to Wellington. During the latter part of the voyage many children developed measles, and the ship on arrival was placed in quarantine at Somes Island.

the Wairoa was sold to the Russians, and renamed the Winnipeg. She left Pensacola, U.S.A., with a lumber cargo for Buenos Ayres in 1907, and was never heard of again.

Here follow records of her outward passages:—

To Auckland.
Sailed. Arrived. Captain. Days.
July 4 Oct. 5, '88 Bungards 93
To Wellington.
Sailed. Arrived. Captain. Days.
July 15 Oct. 18, '77 Joss 95
July 13 Oct. 18, '78 Adams 97
July 19 Nov. 4,'79 Adams 108
Aug. 18 Nov. 23, '80 Adams 98
June 25 Sep. 24, '81 Adams 91
May 18 Aug. 29, '83 Holbeche 102
May 16 Aug. 25, '89 Bungard 101
To Lyttelton.
Mar. 10 June 28, '76 Joss 110
July 1 Oct. 4, '82 Barclay 95
May 2 Aug. 24, '84 Holbeche 114
Aug. 29 Dec. 13, '85 Holbeche 106
Aug. 18 Nov. 20, '87 Bungard 94
May 8 Aug. 7, '90 Bungard 91
Via Bluff Dec. 6, '92 Fox
To Port Chalmers.
July 3 Sep. 29, '86 Holbeche 86
Mar. 26 July 18, '91 Fox 113
Sep. 3 Dec. 3, '93 Fox 90
(Land to land 86)
June 27 Oct. 8, '94 Fox 101
To Bluff.
Aug. 4 Nov. 12, '92 Fox 100

On this voyage the Wairoa was at anchor in the Channel during stormy weather.