New Zealand Shipping Company
| Industry | Transport |
|---|---|
| Successor | P&O |
| Founded | 1873 |
| Defunct | 1973 |
| Products | Passenger and Cargo Shipping |
The New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973.
A group of Christchurch businessmen, including Hugh Murray-Aynsley[1] and John Coster,[2] founded the company in 1873. The company gradually established a fleet of vessels, using Māori names for each. From 1875 the livery consisted of black hulls, white superstructure and yellow funnels.[3]
In 1882, the company's ships were equipped with refrigeration.[3] and a frozen meat service began from New Zealand to England.
Company policy dictated a stop at Pitcairn Islands, in the Pacific, to break the monotony of the ocean crossing.
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In 1912, an agreement was reached whereby the Federal Steam Navigation Company was absorbed into the New Zealand Shipping Company, but the Federal Steam Navigation ships would retain their distinctive house flag, and continue to be named after English counties, thereby retaining their individual identities. The Federal Steam Navigation Company was registered in England for tax purposes, whereas the New Zealand Shipping Company continued to be registered in New Zealand.
Joint operation
During the First World War, nine ships were lost from a fleet of 32. During the Second World War 19 ships were lost from a fleet of 36.
Closure
The services of both companies were absorbed into the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O) in 1973.[3]
Ships
NZSC operated a number of ships, some purpose built, others acquired from other operators by purchase, lease or charter.
| Ship | Type | Date launched | Date acquired | Date disposed | Fate/ next assignment |
| Aorangi | Reefer/passenger liner | 1883 | 1914 | Scrapped 1925 | |
| British King | cargo/passenger ship | 1881 | chartered 1882[4] | 1884 | Scuttled at Port Arthur 1904 |
| Coptic | cargo/passenger ship | 1881 | chartered 1883 | 1884 | Scrapped 1926 |
| Doric | cargo/passenger ship | 1883 | chartered 1883 | 1884 | Wrecked 1911 |
| Fenstanton | steamship | 1882 | chartered 1883 | 1884 | Grounded and wrecked |
| Ionic | cargo/passenger ship | 1883 | chartered 1883 | 1884 | Scrapped 1908 |
| Kaikoura (1) | cargo/passenger ship | 1884 | 1899 | Sold to British-India Steam Navigation Company | |
| Kaikoura (2)[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1903 | |||
| Kaipara[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1903 | |||
| Mataura (1) | barque | 1868 | 1874 (former Dunfinnan) | 1894 | Sold and renamed Alida. Wrecked 1900[5] |
| Mataura (2)[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1896 | 1898 | Wrecked in the Strait of Magellan 12 Jan 1898[6] | |
| Otaki (1) | Reefer/passenger liner | 1908 | 1917 | Sunk by the Geman raider Möwe 10 Mar 1917 | |
| Otaki (2) | Reefer/passenger liner | 1934 | Sold to Clan Line and renamed Clan Robertson | ||
| Otorama[5] | Sold | ||||
| Papanui[5] | |||||
| Paparoa[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1899 | 17 March 1926 caught fire and sank in the Indian Ocean | ||
| Piako (1) | clipper | 1877 | Sold, lost 1900[5] | ||
| Piako (2) | Reefer | 1920 | 1920 (former War Orestes) | 1941 | Torpedoed and sunk 18 May 1941 by U-107 |
| Piako (3) | Reefer/passenger ship | 1961 | 1962 | 1979 | Sold to Blue Ocean Compania Maritima SA. Scrapped 1984 |
| Rakaia | cargo/passenger ship | 30 Dec 1944 | 1946 (former Empire Abercorn) | 1971 | Scrapped |
| Rakanoa[5] | |||||
| Rangitane (1) | diesel passenger liner | 27 May 1929 | December 1929 | 1940 | Sunk by enemy 26 November 1940 |
| Rangitane (2) | diesel passenger liner | 30 June 1949 | 15 December 1949 | May 1968 | Sold to CY Tung, Scrapped Taiwan, 1976 |
| Rangitata | diesel passenger liner | 26 Mar 1929 | 1929 | 1962 | Scrapped |
| Rangitiki | diesel passenger liner | 1929 | 1929 | 1962 | Scrapped |
| Rangitoto | diesel passenger liner | 12 June 1949 | 25 August 1949 | August 1969 | Sold to CY Tung, Scrapped Hong Kong, 1976 |
| Remuera (1) | passenger steamer | 1911 | 1940 | Sunk by aerial torpedo 26 August 1940 | |
| Remuera (2) | cargo/passenger liner | 1947 | 1961 (former Parthia) | 1964 | Sold to Eastern & Australia Steamship Company.[7] |
| Rimutaka (1)[5] | 1888 | ||||
| Rimutaka (2) | Reefer/passenger ship | 1901 | |||
| Rimutaka (3) | passenger steamer | 1922 | 1938 (former Mongolia) | 1950 | Sold to Incres Shipping Company |
| Rotorua (1) | passenger steamer | 1910 | 1917 | Torpedoed and sunk 22 Mar 1917 by UC-17 | |
| Rotorua (2) | cargo/passenger ship | 1911 | 1936 (former Shropshire) | 1940 | Torpedoed and sunk 11 Dec 1940 by U-96 [8] |
| Ruahine (1) | 1891 | ||||
| Ruahine (2) | |||||
| Ruahine (3) | diesel passenger liner | 11 Dec 1950 | 3 May 1951 | August 1968 | Sold to CY Tung, Scrapped Taiwan 1974 |
| Ruapehu | |||||
| Stad Haarlem | cargo/passenger ship | 1875 | leased 1879 | ||
| Tekoa[5] | |||||
| Tongariro | passenger cargo vessel | 1883 | 1883 | 1899 | Sold to British-India Steam Navigation Company |
| Turakina (1)[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1902 | |||
| Turakina (2) | 1923 | 1940 | |||
| Waikato[5] | |||||
| Waimate[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1896 | |||
| Wakanui[5] | Reefer/passenger ship | 1898 | |||
| Whakatane[5] |
During World War II, Rangitata operated as a troopship, returning to civilian service by 1949.
See also
References
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- ↑ Otago Daily Times , Issue 6577, 14 March 1883, Page 4
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 5.10 5.11 5.12 5.13 5.14 5.15 Cyclopaedia of New Zealand, 1906
- ↑ Press, Canterbury, NZ, 29 January 1898
- ↑ The Fleet 1840-2010 by Elspeth Mills, 2004, ISBN 978-0-9542451-8-4
- ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/ww2peopleswar/stories/65/a5883465.shtml
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