Wooden screw steamer of 128 tons, built in 1903 by J Logan, Auckland, nad owned by the New Zealand Refrigerating Co. Ltd. She was totally destroyed after an explosion in her cargo of benzine, burning the ship, which then drifted ashore. Eight out of nine lives were lost. She was wrecked near Shag Rock, Gore Bay, North Canterbury. See "New Zealand Shipwrecks 1795-1982" by C W N Ingram; and "Index to the New Zealand section of the 'Register of all British ships' 1840-1950" by M N Watts.
Tainui (Ship : 1903-1919)
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Edwin, Irene Atherton, 1875-1952 :June, Aug [1918?] Devon type. Tainui. Militades. Ruah...
Date: 1918
From: Edwin, Irene Atherton, 1875-1952 :[Drawings of camouflaged ships seen at Wellington, New Zealand during the First World War and in 1921] 1917-1921.
Reference: E-276-q-004
Description: Ships, several named as Devon type, Australian transport Militiades (or Marathon, crossed out, i.e. Miltiades), Tainui, Ruahine, Hirata, Ruapehu. Other Titles - Miltiades Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on paper, 265 x 204 mm
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Edwin, Irene Atherton, 1875-1952 :Tainui? Hurunui. Brazil, Norge. Mokoia. Jan 6. [1918?]
Date: 1918
From: Edwin, Irene Atherton, 1875-1952 :[Drawings of camouflaged ships seen at Wellington, New Zealand during the First World War and in 1921] 1917-1921.
Reference: E-276-q-007/008
Description: Broadside views of warships, some named as Tainui, Hurunui and Brazil (on page 7, one dated Feb 16); one named as Mokia (on page 8). Page 8 includes colouring in with red pencil Quantity: 2 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil sketches on two sides of paper, 265 x 204 mm
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Tainui disaster - Nautical enquiry
Date: 10-25 Oct 1919
From: New Zealand Seamen's Union : Records
Reference: MSY-4981
Description: Quantity: 1 volume(s). Physical Description: Typescript
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Burning wreck of the ship Tainui after its benzine cargo exploded, Gore Bay
Date: [ca 16 September 1919]
From: Original photographic prints and postcards from file print collection, Box 14
Reference: PAColl-6585-71
Description: Wreck of the ship Tainui, still burning at Gore Bay after its benzine cargo exploded on the 16th of September, 1919. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Film copy negative
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Ship Tainui
Date: between 1903-1919
Reference: 1/2-135719-F
Description: The ship 'Tainui', between 1903 and 1919, probably near Mokau. Photographer unidentified. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).