Sailing ship, built in 1868 as the `City of Perth'. In 1883 purchased from the City Line by the New Zealand Shipping Company, and renamed `Turakina' (the first ship of this name owned by the NZSCo); in 1899 sold to Norway and renamed `Elida'. See internet: www.theshipslist.com/ships/lines.
Turakina (Ship : 1883-1899)
There are 4 related items to this topic
Image
[Calendars for the years of the 1950s, of approximately A3 size]
Date: 1950 - 1959
By: Clark, Russell Stuart Cedric, 1905-1966; Edwards, Henry Phillip, 1913?-1987; Ellis, Frederick Vincent, 1892-1961; ICI New Zealand; McIntyre, Peter, 1910-1995; Maclennan, Stewart Bell, 1903-1973; Mason, Frank Henry, 1876-1965; New Zealand free lance (Newspaper); Taylor, Ernest Mervyn, 1906-1964; Waghorn, Reginald James, 1898-1987; Woods, George, 1898-1963
Reference: Eph-C-CALENDAR-1950s
Description: Includes calendars: 1951: Imperial Chemicals (N.Z.) Ltd. The growth of a colony; original pen drawings by Russell Clark. [Calendar 1951]. New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1951 (showing a reproduction of a painting by Allan Mitchell, of "High summer East Cape - end of day on the road - the long trek from Te Araroa to Taneatua"). 1952: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Nga Rangatira (The chiefs). [Calendar. 1952]. Pen portraits by Henry Edwards. Includes portraits of Hongi (1777-1828), Tamati Ngaporo (1804-1885), Tamati Waka Nene (1780-1871), Rewi (1815-1894), Wiremu Tamehana (1800-1866), King Tawhiao (1825-1894). (2 copies) 1953: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. [New Zealand historical scenes sketched by Peter McIntyre. Calendar. 1953]. (2 copies) New Zealand Free Lance calendar 1953. [featuring a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II]. 1954: Imperial Chemical Industries. Original lino-cuts by Stewart Maclennan. [Calendar. 1954]. (2 copies) 1955: Imperial Chemical Industries(N.Z.) Ltd. A series of Polynesian legends by E Mervyn Taylor, George Woods, Russell Clark, Henry Edwards, Peter McIntyre, S B Maclennan. [Calendar 1955]. 1956: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. A selection of New Zealand paintings from the National Art Gallery. [Calendar]. 1956. 2 copies. Includes works by Nugent Welch, Sydney L Thompson, Cedric Savage, J C Hoyte, Cecil F Kelly, H Linley Richardson 1957: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. Power in New Zealand; original drawings by R J Waghorn. [Calendar]. 1957. 1958: Imperial Chemical Industries (N.Z.) Ltd. University institutions of New Zealand; original pencil drawings by F V Ellis. [Calendar]. 1958. (2 copies, one donated 2003) New Zealand Shipping Company. New Zealand Line. "When sails beat steam"; an episode in the roaring forties in 1895 - sailing vessel Turakina and steamship Ruapehu. From a painting by Frank H Mason. [Calendar] 1958. [Signed: B C D'Arcy Maxwell (4th Officer S S "Ruapehu" at the time) Nelson N.Z. 1958]. 1959: Exide Batteries of New Zealand Limited. Calendar 1959 .. with reproductions from a series of twelve colour photographs Imperial Chemical Industries Ltd. A selection of early colonial water colours from the Alexander Turnbull Library. [Calendar. 1959]. 2 copies. Includes works by G H Page, William Fox, George Grey, G F Von Tempsky, William Packe, and E C Wyvill. New Zealand Free Lance annual. Calendar 1959 ("Roadside scene, Lake Wanaka, Otago"; presentation plate issued with New Zealand free lance annual 1958) Quantity: 14 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on calendars (plus some duplicates). Physical Description: Offset lithographs, varying sizes.
Image
[Calendar of ship portraits. 1970s]
Date: 1972 - 1979
From: [New Zealand calendars of quarto size]
By: Spurling, J, active 1920s; Elvin, G H, active 1900s; Mason, Frank Henry, 1876-1965; Tudgay, Frederick, 1841-1921
Reference: Eph-B-CALENDAR-1970s-01
Description: Calendar with dates removed, contains reproductions of ship portraits: "Waimate", by J Spurling, 1927 "Opawa", by G H Elvin "Piako", by J Spurling, 1926 "Turakina", by Frank H Mason Images are reproduced from Alan Bott's "The sailing ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company", published 1972. Quantity: 5 colour photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Calendar of 5 leaves, each cropped to 248 x 282 mm. Provenance: Donated by Mr Leonard Dangerfield, Wellington, in 1995. Transfers: From Book Collections -.
Manuscript
Miscellaneous information about New Zealand Shipping Company ships
Date: 1960s
From: New Zealand Shipping Company : Records
Reference: MS-Papers-1148-31
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Online
Image
Ship Turakina at Port Chalmers, Dunedin
Date: [between 1883-1899]
From: De Maus, David Alexander, 1847-1925 :Shipping negatives
Reference: 1/1-017894-G
Description: The ship Turakina at Port Chalmers, Dunedin, photographed by David Alexander De Maus between 1883 and 1899. Source of descriptive information - Notes on file print. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s). Physical Description: Glass negative