General cargo ship 2425 grt. Built for Robert Mackill & Co Ltd under the name `Liddlesdale'. Bought by the Union Steam Ship Company in 1897 for the East Coast service. Laid up in 1926 and sold to shipbreakers in 1927.
Wanaka (Ship : 1887- )
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Kirk album
Date: [1880s]
From: Kirk, Thomas William, 1856-1936: Photograph album
By: Valentine, George Dobson, 1852-1890; Burton Brothers (Dunedin, N.Z.)
Reference: PA1-q-138
Description: Photograph album of New Zealand and Pacific Island scenes. Most were taken by George Dobson Valentine, in the North Island of New Zealand, Samoa, Tonga, and Tahiti; a few were taken by the Burton Brothers in the South Island. Within the New Zealand scenes there are a large number of views inside and out of the Waitomo Caves; and another group show the area around Lake Rotomahana with the Pink and White Terraces before and after the 1886 eruption of Mount Tarawera. Pages 88 to 150 are blank. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Photograph album with brown cover, mottled brown corners and spine, with gold lettering on black panel on spine `Kirk. Prints of New Zealand'; a bookplate inside the front cover reads `Thomas William Kirk'; 35.0 x 26.5 cm
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New Zealand view album 2
Date: [Circa 1883]
Reference: PA1-q-170
Description: Scenic views, chiefly in new Zealand, with few captions. Some images have been identified, noted in pencil. Of particular interest is a pair forming a panorama of Lyttelton harbour with about 30 vessels (p. 18-19). The first few pages show views of Cape Town, South Africa, and at the end of the album a few of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. On page 9 there is a hand-illustrated and lettered programme of a shipboard performance held on the S.S. British King, December 11, 1883. Entitled `Royal Incomar Theatre. Bombastes Furioso'. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with dark red-brown cover, darker leather corners and spine, spine decorated in gold with title `Scrap book'; 30 x 38 cm
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Hobbs, John Ephraim, 1911-1979:[Wanaka. ca 1965]
Date: 1960 - 1969
From: Various artists :Reproductions of ship portraits by W W Stewart and J E Hobbs. 1960s-1970s]
Reference: A-467-030
Description: Shows the ship 'Wanaka' in open water. Smoke is coming from the chimney. Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Colour photolithograph, block-mounted, 140 x 230 mm
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Union Company - Ships - W
Date: [ca 1947-1963]
From: Wilkinson, James Douglas, 1926-2014: Collection
Reference: MS-Papers-7271-34
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
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Steam ship Wanaka in Port Chalmers harbour.
Date: November 1904
From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
Reference: 1/1-003460-G
Description: Steam ship Wanaka in Port Chalmers Harbour. Photographed by David Alexander De Maus in November 1904. Inscriptions: Photographer's title on negative - beneath image - "Wanaka."; Marginal notes on negative - top left - 665. Wanaka; Marginal notes on negative - top right - Nov 04 Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Dry plate glass negative 6.5 x 8.5 inches