Pearl-class cruiser of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Psyche, built by J & G Thomson, Glasgow and launched on 10 December 1889. Renamed on 2 April 1890, as Ringarooma as part of the Auxiliary Squadron of the Australia Station. She arrived in Sydney with the squadron on 5 September 1891. She was damaged after running aground on a reef at Makelula Island, New Hebrides on 31 August 1894 and was pulled off by the French cruiser Duchaffault. Between 1897 and 1900 she was in reserve at Sydney. On 15 February Captain Frederick St. George Rich was appointed in command. She left the Australia Station on 22 August 1904. She was sold for £8500 in May 1906 to Forth Shipbreaking Company for breaking up.
HMS Ringarooma (Ship)
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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Ringarooma from off port bow. Torpedo hole. [Port ...
Date: 1891
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]
Reference: E-033-2-029
Description: The two-masted steam ship in the harbour in the foreground, with hills in the background Other notes include 'This is just between the Port and the Island' Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm
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Markham, Gervase 1844-1910 : Journal
Date: 9 Mar-22 Nov 1876
By: Markham, Gervase, 1844-1910
Reference: Micro-MS-0738
Description: Includes newspaper clippings. Journal of a voyage from London to Melbourne aboard the Renown, visit to Australia, voyage to Wellington via the southern ports on SS Ringarooma, stay in Wellington 5 Jul to 17 Jul with Sir C C Bowen and social activities; return to Australia in SS Otago to rejoin the Renown, and return to England, arriving 22 Nov 1876. Clippings report arrivals of vessels and death of master of the Renown, Captain W Wildlash. Source of title - Supplied Other Titles - A journal kept by Gervase Markham not kept by Roger G Molyneux Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s) (ca 160 pages). Physical Description: Positive microfilm
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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Tauranga form[erly?] the Ringarooma [1891?]
Date: 1891
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]
Reference: E-033-2-027
Description: A two-masted steam ship in the harbour in the foreground, with the hills of Port Chalmers in the background, including two signalling towers to the right The ship in the foreground may be the Ringarooma or the Tauranga. Compare the drawings on p. 29 & 30 of the sketchbook Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm
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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :R[ingarooma] from abreast [Port Chalmers? 1891?]
Date: 1891
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]
Reference: E-033-2-031/032
Description: Four drawings of a two-masted steam ship from various angles in the harbour with hills in the background The port hills in the top drawing continue onto the back cover of the sketchbook Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 450 mm
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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :The old Ringarooma, laid up. The war ships R & J. ...
Date: 1891
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]
Reference: E-033-2-025
Description: The S. S. Ringarooma seen across a stretch of water, probably at Port Chalmers Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm
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Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :Ringarooma. Tauranga. [1891?]
Date: 1891
From: Hodgkins, William Mathew, 1833-1898 :[Sketchbook, 1891 and 1895-1896]
Reference: E-033-2-030
Description: The Ringarooma seen from bow and from stern. The Tauranga from the stern Other notes include 'This is just between the Port and the Island' suggesting the scene is at Tauranga, like the view on p. 27 Quantity: 1 drawing(s). Physical Description: Pencil drawing on paper, 205 x 125 mm
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Logs and journals of merchant and Royal Navy ships
Date: 1867-1897
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-3043
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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Surveyors' letters Box 1894 O-Z - Box 1909
Date: 1894-1909
From: Australian Joint Copying Project : Miscellaneous Series microfilm
Reference: Micro-MS-Coll-20-2337
Description: Quantity: 1 microfilm reel(s).
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W D & H O Wills (Firm) :U.S.S. Co's steamers; a series of 50 [cigarette cards. 1930s?]
Date: 1930 - 1935
By: W D & H O Wills Ltd
Reference: Eph-A-PICTURE-CARDS-Wills-Union
Description: Includes coloured cards showing the ships of the Union Steam Ship Company, with a short history of each ship. Set is incomplete (7 cards missing) 1. TS Arahura built 1905 2. RMS Aorangi built 1883 4. SS Arawata 1875-1897 5. TSS Atua built 1906 6. SS Beautiful star, 1862-1907 7. TSS Aparima, 1902-1917 8. MS Hauraki, built 1922 9. SS Hawea, 1875-1885 10. TS Loongana, built 1904 11. TS Maheno, built 1905 12. SS Maitai, 1892-1916 14. SS Manapouri, built 1882 15. SS Maori (1st), built 1868 16. TS Maori (2nd), built 1907 17. SS Mapourika, built 1898 18. TSS Marama, built 1907 19. SS Mararoa, built 1885 20. TSS Maunganui, built 1911 21. RMS Moana, 1897-1927 23. SS Mokoia, 1898-1928 24. SS Monowai, 1890-1926 25. TSS Navua, built 1904 26. RMS Niagara, built 1913 27. SS Paloona, 1899-1928 28. SS Pateena, 1883-1924 29. SS Ringarooma, built 1875 30. TS Rotoiti, built 1898, wrecked after 1912 32. RMS Tahiti, built 1904 33. SS Takapuna, 1883-1925 36. SS Tarawera, 1882-1927 37. SS Taupo, 1875-1879 38. SS Taviuni, 1890-1924 39. SS Te Anau, 1879-1924 40. SS Tekapo, 1881-1899 41. SS Waihora (1st), built 1883 42. SS Waikare, 1897-1910 43. SS Wairarapa, 1882-1894 44. SS Waitaki, built 1876 45. SS Warrimoo, built 1892 46. SS Wakatipu, 1876-1924 47. TSS Tofua, built 1908 48. SS Hauroto, buit 1882 49. TS Wahine, built 1913 50. TSS Manuka, 1903-1929 Other Titles - Union Steam Ship Company Quantity: 43 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cigarette cards. Physical Description: Offset lithographs on cards, 38 x 70 mm.
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Scene at Port Chalmers with the ship RMS Doric
Date: between 1875-1899
From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
Reference: 1/1-003323-G
Description: Scene at Port Chalmers, Dunedin, with the ship R.M.S. Doric (berthed in the centre). The ship in the right foreground is the Ringarooma. Photograph taken by David Alexander De Maus between 1875 and 1899. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - R.M.S. "Doric" at Port Chalmers Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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HMS Ringarooma, Nelson Harbour
Date: 1 Feb 1892
From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts
Reference: 10x8-0497-G
Description: Broadside view of HMS Ringarooma in Nelson Harbour during a Nelson jubilee. Photograph taken 1 February 1892, by the Tyree Studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - HMS Ringarooma Nelson Jubilee 1 2 1892 Tyree Photo 3230 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative
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Crew of HMS Ringarooma at Nelson diamond jubilee celebrations, Trafalgar Park
Date: 1902
From: Tyree Studio: Negatives of Nelson and Marlborough districts
Reference: 1/1-000924-G
Description: Crew of HMS Ringarooma at Nelson's diamond jubilee celebrations in Trafalgar Park, photographed in 1902 by the Tyree studio. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - bottom left - Diamond Jubilee 1902. Blue jackets. Trafalgar Park. Tyree Photo. Nelson 10016 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 8.5 x 6.5 inches
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Bourke, Edmund G, fl 1888-1892 :Album compiled during voyages of HMS Hyacinth in the Pa...
Date: [1888-1892]
By: Bourke, Edmund G, active 1888-1892; Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Connolly & Company; Edmund Wheeler & Son (Firm); Morris, John Richard, 1854-1919; Hart, Campbell & Company; Butcher, Pablo, active 2004
Reference: PA1-f-242
Description: Album compiled by Captain Edmund Bourke RN of HMS Hyacinth, on voyages in the Pacific ca 1888-1892. New Zealand views include Auckland, Tikitapu Bush, Waitakere Creek, Pink & white Terraces, Atiamuri, Ohinemutu, Wairakei, Napier, Wellington, Upper Hutt, McNab's Gardens (Lower Hutt), the Teremakau river and cable car, Nelson, Westland, Otira Gorge, Taipo, the Waimakariri River, Christchurch, Lyttelton, Port Chalmers, Dunedin and Invercargill. Pacific views include Rarotonga, Samoa, Fiji (including Suva), New Caledonia, Tahiti and Hawaii. Photographers represented include George Valentine, James Connolly, Wheeler & Son, J R Morris, and Hart, Campbell & Co. Includes of gold mining and sluicing in Westland, HM ships Ringarooma and Hyacinth, and games of croquet and polo in Hawaii. HMS Hyacinth, a 3rd class cruiser commissioned in 1886, cruised in the Pacific under the command of Captain Edmund G Bourke RN. In October-November 1888 Bourke sailed around the Cook Islands with the Vice-Consul, hoisting the flag in Rarotonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Mitiaro and Mauke. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Finding Aids: Manuscript list of images housed with album.