MONOWAI
...Monowai (1)

New Zealand

Monowai (I) 1890-1926. (Pass-cargo) USSCo. 1890-1926.

ON: 84497
IDNo: 1084497
Year: 1890
Name: MONOWAI
Type: Passenger/cargo
Flag: GBR
Launched: 11.12.89
Completed: 4.4.90
Owner: Union S.S.Co of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin.
Builder: Wm. Denny & Bros., Dumbarton.
Yard No: 432
Link: 1576
Starke: V1890 #473
GRT: 3,433
LPP: 100.6
Beam: 12.9
1T-13 knots.

1926 towed to Gisborne by Katoa & scuttled at Whareongaonga near Young Nicks Head on 16.12.26

Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library New Zealand

Details: The Mirimar Ship Index

This is a classic photo of The Union Steamship of NZ first Monowai, there arent many around of
this quality, for me a collectors item