Pilot launch “Tiakina” at Wellington, 19th April 1974
Owner: Wellington Harbour Board
Operator: Wellington Pilot Service
Builder: M.W. Blackmore & Son, Bideford, England
Length: 24.5 m
Engines: 2 x ERL 5/75 Crossley diesels, each 250 b.h.p.
Completed 1953; departed Exmouth 1st October that year & arrived in Wellington 12 February 1954.
Sold 1992 or 1993 (sources differ) to an Auckland owner & used as a tuna longliner but eventually fell into disrepair & ended up in Port Chalmers.
Bought 2008 by Linda & Paul Culloty of Dunedin & converted for luxury charter cruising by Jorgensen & Sons, Picton. See https://www.tiakina.com