PENGUIN

New Zealand

Penguin 1864-1909. (Pass) USSCo. 1879-1909.

ON: 47849
ID: 1047849
Year: 1864
Name: PENGUIN
Type: Passenger ship
Flag: GBR
Launch Date: 21.1.64
Owner on Compl: G & J Burns, Glasgow, UK.
Builder: Tod & McGregor, Meadowside, Glasgow, UK.
Material of build: Iron
Yard No: 128
Link: 1565
Tons: 749
LPP: 67.5
Beam: 8.7
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Subsequent History:

1864 Built for G. & J. Burns, Glasgow, and named Penguin.
1879 Purchased by Union Company.
1881 She was the first ship to steam up the new channel to Dunedin, and was briefly on the Auckland-Fiji run.
1895 She started the first regular Wellington-Lyttelton run on a weekly basis.
1902 She started a regular service between Wellington, Picton and Nelson.


Disposal Data:

1909 12th Feb. Picton-Wellington. Wrecked Toms Rock, Cape Terawhiti (72*)
Her remains have never been found and mystery surrounds the cause and exact location of the wreck.

Photo Credits: The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ

Details: Mirimar

Cheers and GB

Gordy