IMAGE
The steamer Opawa at Eckford's wharf, Blenheim
- Date
- 1906 - 1927
- Reference
- 1/2-046244-G
- Description
The steamship `Opawa' at Eckfords Wharf, Blenheim. Owned by Captain Thomas Eckford and used in the river trade between Wellington and Blenheim on the Wairau and Opawa rivers by the Eckford Shipping Company. Photograph taken by Sydney Charles Smith.
The 'Opawa' steamer was built by T.S Dixon & Company, Wellington, in 1897 for Captain Thomas Eckford. She was 110 gross tons, 90 x 16 x 7.9 feet, draught was 16 feet and could take 12 gentlemen and 12 ladies. Maiden voyage Wellington to Blenheim was 21-22 March 1897. There is another steamship `Opawa' which was built in 1906 and weighed 7202 tons gross. She was operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company between 1906 and 1927. 1927-1934 Norwegian owned, renamed Antarctic; 1934-1936 Japanese owned, renamed Antarctic Maru; 1936-1943 Japanese owned, renamed Tonan Maru. Torpedoed off coast of Annam, November 1943.
Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s).
- Access restrictions
- Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
- Part of
- Smith, Sydney Charles, 1888-1972: Photographs of New Zealand
- Format
- 1 b&w original negative(s), Negatives, Marines (Visual works), Orientation: Horizontal image
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