Cargo ships

Date: 1822

By: Herd, James (Captain), active 1821-1830

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1822/Acc.822

Description: Hydrographic map showing Hokianga Harbour, soundings, Maori village (pa site), areas of flax abundance. Documents visit of the ship 'Providence' to the harbour; a note beside a drawing of the ship at 'Moutu koudi' bay reads 'Woods of pine. Here the Ship Providence took in her cargo'. Other Titles - Hokianga Quantity: 1 map(s) on two sheets, loosely joined.. Physical Description: Photographic copy, scale [ca. 1:36 000], 86 x 56 cm.

Date: [Between 1954 and 1968]

From: Salmon, J T :Albums, album pages and loose prints

By: Salmon, John Tenison, 1910-1999

Reference: PA1-q-200

Description: Album of photographs, some prints, some contacts from 35mm film, taken by Professor John Salmon in Wellington. Most of the images describe his use of different camera lenses and filters. Many of the scenes are taken from Professor Salmon's window at Victoria University of Wellington, showing different moods in different weather patterns. They include early morning, afternoon, and night views, northerly wind and southerly wind cloud patterns, including a southerly storm. He also has a large number of images of Wellington Harbour and wharves, again taken in different lights, showing ships, reflections and buildings. Other sequences show views of the Hutt Valley, Silverstream, and Glenmore Street in Wellington, many taken on misty early mornings. The last scenes are coloured photographs showing some of the decorations erected for the Royal visit of Queen Elizabeth II, in January 1954. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Album with cream cover, Cobra ring binder; 30 x 24 cm

Date: 1963

From: Mallitte, Howard Leon, 1910-1979 :[Antarctic material relating to 1963 expedition of HMNZS Endeavour to Scott Base and Hallett Station] 1963

By: Mallitte, Howard Leon, 1910-1979

Reference: C-056-014

Description: Shows the ship Endeavour at the left, and men involved with unloading caterpillar tractors labelled TransAntarctic Expedition. Other Titles - 18 December 1963 Quantity: 1 watercolour(s). Physical Description: Ink and watercolour, 900 x 580 mm.

Date: [ca 1909-1952]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-093

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, mostly made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1909-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Shell Oil Company coastal tankers Paua and Tanea; Union Steam Ship Co cargo vessel Karoon; ferry Arahua (includes original photographs); Orcades; barquentine Alexa ashore at Castlecliff, Wanganui, Dec 1910; damaged cargo vessels Broompak and Komata in Auckland Harbour after collision; wrecked hull of Pelotas ca 1911; Opihi being scuttled in Palliser Bay; steamer Indrabarah being repaired at Port Chalmers. Also: Grounded freighter Viggo Hansteen in Otago Harbour; remains of sailing ship City of Auckland at Otaki; iron barque Anglo-Norman at North Spit, Kaipara, 26 Sep 1914; NZ Shipping Company vessels Rangitane and Rangitoto; wreck of Wiltshire; In memorium postcard relating to S S Penguin (1909) with photo of the vessel and female members of the Toomer family who perished when the ship sunk; boat at landing place at Owens Mines No 1 (undated). Series of original black & white photos of the wreck of the steamer Progress that went ashore at Owhiro Bay, 1st May 1931, with loss of life. Includes photographs of overseas vessels (names not added to Name Field) Quantity: 31 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints and 6 album leaves with black & white photographic prints. Physical Description: Silver gelatin prints and photochemical prints

Date: 3-28 Aug 1908

Reference: MS-Papers-8461

Description: A letter written by an author only identified as `George' who appears to work in the engine room aboard the SS `Hawea'. He writes to his mother detailing the aftermath of a storm which leaves the ship's propulsion shaft and stern broken after leaving Australia. Half the crew were put on a life boat to make it to Howe Island, while rest wait to be rescued eventually by the `Rukanoa'. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Transfers: From Photographic Archive - 5 b&w original photographic prints (PAColl-8759).

Date: 1973

From: Lodge, Nevile Sidney 1918-1989 :[Archive of original cartoons for the Evening Post and Sports Post, 1941 to 1988]

By: Lodge, Nevile Sidney, 1918-1989; Evening Post (Wellington, N.Z.)

Reference: B-134-395

Description: This cartoon features the reaction of Auckland waterside workers who unwittingly unloaded some French cargo in contravention of the FOL ban because of French nuclear testing in the Pacific. A little box is unloaded on the wharf and watersiders are shocked, some are collapsing, others are sick and one is jumping into the sea. Extended Title - Made in France Quantity: 1 original cartoon(s). Physical Description: Ink, letratone and crayon, 295 x 460 mm

Date: 1836

By: Wing, Thomas, 1810-1888

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1836/Acc.843

Description: Map shows entrance to the Kaipara Harbour, the route of the cargo schooner 'Fanny' around the Kaipara River, extensive soundings, and landmark references. Several sentences of text are drawn on the map, referring to soundings, water levels and manouvres in and out of the harbour. Other Titles - Thomas Other Titles - January Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photograph, scale indeterminable, 42 x 54 cm. Provenance: Copied from a rough tracing belonging to W. Wyld May 12th 1841.

Date: 1890 - 1901

By: Shaw, Allen Desmond, 1944-; Child, Edward George, 1860-1949

Reference: PAColl-2171

Description: Photographs of: seven men leaning on shovels outside a hut and two men with shovels holding the reins of drays at the harbour side (both taken by Anglo New Zealand photo); the railway line and water tank at Rata with men, women and children in an open railway carriage on the right; D class locomotive with four men standing next to it; men cutting flax on a wooden jetty next to a river; men outside a hut with piles of flax bundles; the Delphic captioned as "the largest boat that trades to New Zealand" moored in Wellington (taken by E G Child); a large crowd outside the Parliament Buildings for the memorial service on the death of Queen Victoria; and a group of men and one woman outside a corrugated iron hut. Quantity: 10 b&w original photographic print(s) mounted on card.

Date: 1902-1904

By: Alcorn, John Andrews, 1876-1943

Reference: MS-Group-1968

Description: Diary kept by Alcorn giving a detailed account of his 1902 voyage to England via Cape Horn, working as a "snowman" chipping ice on a refrigerated cargo ship, his two years with relatives in England and Northern Ireland, and his return voyage as a passenger on the SS Orontes to New Zealand in 1904 Included is a transcript of the diaries, by N P, A M and S J Alcorn. Source of title - Supplied by Library Quantity: 4 volume(s). 0.08 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Holograph, typescript Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donation, Ms A M Alcorn, Hutt, 2011

Date: 1929 - 1935

By: Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij

Reference: Eph-C-SHIP-1930-01

Description: Shows plans of the Promenade deck, Shadedeck and Upper deck. The length of the ships was 540 feet; there were 2 de luxe cabins, 27 single berth cabins and 62 double berth cabins. There was also room for 50 steerage passengers. The promenade deck had a swimming pool. Other Titles - Surabaya Other Titles - Semarang Other Titles - Amsterdam (Holland) - Sydney, N.S.W. - Batavia-Centrum (Java) Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Photolithograph, 322 x 492 mm. Provenance: Purchased from Anah Dunsheath in 1995.

Date: 1967

From: Davies, Dorothy :Box of photographs relating to the work of Dorothy Davies; two albums

Reference: PA1-o-128

Description: Photographs of the launching of the Blue Star Line ship "Southland Star" in 1967, at the Bremer Vulkan firm of ship builders in Bremen, Germany. Photographs include a single portrait of Dorothy Davies carrying a bouquet of flowers, probably having officially launched the ship, and a group portrait of officials associated with the launching, including Dorothy Davies and her husband Reuel Lochore Album created during the time Dorothy Davies and her husband Reuel Lochore were living in Bonn, Reuel Lochore having been appointed New Zealand's first ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany. Quantity: 1 album(s) Album(s). Physical Description: Blue cover with gold lettering "Bremer Vulkan Schiffbau und Maschinenfabrik, Bremen-Vegesack", 15.5 x 23.5 cm

Date: [1957]

By: Northern Steam Ship Company Ltd

Reference: MS-Papers-7521

Description: A history of the Northern Steam Ship Company Limited describing its formation in 1881 in Auckland and its growth and expansion as a passenger and freight company up till the late 1950s; author unknown. It names many of the vessels used and personnel in charge of the company over the years, including the order for a vessel, MV `Tawanui', due to be completed in 1959. Source of title - Transcribed Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript (duplicated)

Date: 1953

By: Haughton, Son & Mair (Firm); V P Haughton & Son (Firm); Bulleyment Fortune Architects (Firm)

Reference: Plans-97-011-176/178

Description: Includes floor plan of office, and design drawings for sign on the outside of the building. Haughton, Son & Mair has made at least one of the three drawings. Quantity: 3 plan(s). Physical Description: Pencil, sizes vary.

Date: 1864

From: Williams, Edward Arthur 1824-1898 :[New Zealand sketches, 1864-1866]

Reference: B-045-017

Description: Shows ship in the sand with a ladder leading up to hold. Men stand to the left on the sand, and there is a horse-drawn cart at right, with two men occupied in loading or unloading the boat. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 watercolour(s) in sketchbook.. Physical Description: Watercolour, 138 x 232 mm.

Date: ca 1955

By: Sakkers, N, active 1995

Reference: PAColl-3210

Description: Quantity: 3 b&w original photographic print(s) in one envelope. Physical Description: Two photoprints 160 x 210mm; one photoprint 160 x 158mm

Date: [ca 1914-1950]

From: New Zealand Free Lance : Photographic prints and negatives

Reference: PAColl-0785-1-095

Description: Photographs of New Zealand and overseas ships, mostly made for publication in the New Zealand Free Lance, ca 1900s-1950s. New Zealand related images include: Otago Harbour Board dredge Otakau; Matangi leaving Nelson waterfront; dredges on floating dock at New Plymouth; dredges Westport and Wanganui being overhauled and refitted at patent slip at Evans Bay; unidentified troopship leaving Wellington with 19th Reinforcements. Also: Cyrenia (formerly HMNZHS Maunganui); steamer Albany stranded at Muriwai Beach; SS Mangapapa; coastal shipping discharging and loading cargo at Auckland waterfront; Devonport Ferry Company's new cargo steamer Sparrowhawk ready for commission; barque Daniel enroute from Auckland to Sydney; Tofua on eve of being withdrawn from service; SS Navua at Wellington wharves; S S Victoria and SS Pateena berthed at Wellington; unidentified troopship at Port Chalmers; MV Tainui; Union Steam Ship vessel Niagara; Yunnan chartered by Australian-Orient Line, at Wellington Includes various photographs of overseas ships (names not added to Name field) Quantity: 29 album leaves with black & white photochemical prints; 1 album leaf with sepia photographic print. Physical Description: Photochemical prints and silver gelatin print

Date: 1839

By: Clint, Raphael, 1797-1849

Reference: MapColl-832.11aj/1839/Acc.11590

Description: Hydrographic chart showing ships' safe entry into the Hokianga Harbour. Extensive soundings are given as well as routes the full length of the harbour and adjoining rivers. Shows navigational landmarks for sailing safely up the river, several Maori villages (pa) and forest areas of large trees. Other Titles - Hokianga Quantity: 1 map(s). Physical Description: Photocopy, scale indeterminable, 38 x 33 cm.

Date: 9 December 1980

From: Dominion Post (Newspaper): Photographic negatives and prints of the Evening Post and Dominion newspapers

By: Nicholson, John, active 1997

Reference: EP/1980/4050-F

Description: View of the hold of the Cook Strait ferry, Arahanga, showing a container which has fallen from its truck onto the cab of a Paul Pretty Removals Ltd truck. Photographed by Evening Post staff photographer John Nicholson on the 9th of December 1980. Quantity: 1 b&w original negative(s) 35mm negative strip comprising 3 images. Physical Description: Cellulose triacetate film negative, 35mm

Date: 19 Nov 1993

From: The Merchant Navy story

By: O'Neill, Reginald John, 1926-1998

Reference: OHInt-0321-19

Description: Reg O'Neill was born in Liverpool, in 1926. Describes sailing on first ship, the Norwegian Tannafiord, in 1940 to Trinidad, Cape Town and India. Mentions Joe Lawless, the Cunard recruiter. Recalls treatment of neutral ships and English servicemen during the war. Tells of jumping ship and joining the Falsterbo, then the Brittanic. Remembers the bombing of the Georgic. Lists further ships the Samaria, the Samgara, the Andes and the Ile de France. Recalls German attacks in the Mediterranean and details Stuka bombers and German aircraft. Recounts working aboard the Royal Mail Line ships the Deseado and the Parado. Outlines differences between Merchant Navy pay and conditions to that of the army and the navy. Chronciles activities after the war on the Carribean and the Rowallan Castles arriving in New Zealand. Discusses leaving the ship and being jailed for desertion, mentioning the necessary articles of agreement. Details interaction with Otago Harbour men Captains Stewart, McKenzie, and Church, and Donald Crowe. Outlines nautical practices of splicing, compass reading and streaming out the log. Further ships discussed are the Gripsholm, the Drottingen, the Queen Elizabeth, the H.M.S. Warspite, the Louis Pasteur, the Orion, the Marabank, the Mahana, the Pamir, the Akaroa, the Port Chalmers, the Port Waikato, and the Wanaka. Interviewer(s) - Stan Kirkpatrick Quantity: 2 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1.20 Hours and minutes Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4458. Search dates: 1993

Date: 17 Sep 1993

From: The Merchant Navy story

By: Archbold, James Edward, 1913-2000

Reference: OHInt-0321-01

Description: Ned Archbold was born around 1913 in Hawcley, England. Recalls father and uncles who were fishermen and going to sea as an apprentice on the Moor Line, Runcimans Ltd of Newcastle. Talks about apprenticeships, different jobs and routines at sea and conditions on board ships. Lists the many ships he worked on including the Ambassador, the Caduceus, the Horsham Prince, the Rockpool and the Ropner. Talks in detail about the Ardenvohr, later renamed as the Kaimata, then the Antrim for the M.A.N.Z. Line service to New Zealand. Describes differences between coal and oil burning ships. Details routes and ports visited. Talks about the Spanish Civil War and coming to Dunedin, Fiji and Noumea for the copra trade. Describes visiting Hamburg, Germany in 1933 as Hitler was coming to power and the social unrest there. Talks about returning to Dunedin in 1937, going to sea on the New Zealand coast and then working on the waterfront from 1951. Discusses effects of the Depression. Names New Zealand ships worked on: the Karetu; the Waipori on the steel run; the Kairanga; the Wahine which was a troopship in World War II. Talks about stowaways. Mentions twin brother. Discusses the 1951 waterfront strike, the Waterfront Industry Commission and the Strike Fund. Mentions stevedores 'Dicky' and Bill McKay. Discusses container ships. Talks about his family and mentions grand daughter Tania Murray, Commonwealth Games gold medalist high jumper. Interviewer(s) - Stan Kirkpatrick Quantity: 1 C60 cassette(s). 1 printed abstract(s). 1 Hours Duration. Finding Aids: Abstract Available - abstracting complete OHA-4440. Search dates: 1993