Waimate

An iron full-rigged ship built in 1874 by J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland. Dimensions 219'7"×35'1"×20'7" and tonnage 1157 GRT, 1124 NRT and 1016 tons under deck. The forecastel was 34 feet longand the poop 44 feet.

1874 August: Launched at the shipyard of J. Blumer & Co., Sunderland, for the New Zealand Shipping Company, Christchurch. Assigned the official British Reg. No. 70629 and signal NMFS.
1874: Sailed from ... to Lyttleton in 89 days. Captain Rose.
1875-1881: Captain R. Peek.
1880: Sailed from 74 days which was considered a record passage.
1881: Captain Mosey late of the Orari.
1881: Sailed 354 miles in 24 hours in 47°S.
1883: Sailed from Port Chalmers to the Scillies in 71 days.
1885-1895: Captain Worster.
1893: Sailed from ... Port Chalmers in 92 days.
1894: Sailed from ... Auckland in 88 days.
1895 April 11 - July 25: Sailed from ... Port Chalmers in 104 days.
1896: Sold to G.A. Lindblom, Åbo and was renamed Valkyrian. Captain A.W. Smithslund was given command of the vessel.
c1897: Reduced to barque rig.
1899: Sailed from Newcastle, NSW, with a cargo of coal for Iquique and disappeared on the way.

Made 22 voyages to New Zeland under the NZSC flag.

References:

Square-rigged ships, general references.
Lubbock, Basil: The Romance of the Clipper Ships.
Hennel Locke Ltd, London, 1948.

Updated 1998-06-22 by Lars Bruzelius

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