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 |