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The wreck of SS Wairarapa some days after the accident.
History
New Zealand
Name
Wairarapa
Namesake
Wairarapa
Owner
Union Steam Ship Company
Operator
Union Steam Ship Company
Route
Sydney-Auckland
Builder
William Denny and Brothers
Yard number
259
Launched
19 May 1882
Completed
3 July 1882
Out of service
29 October 1894
Homeport
Auckland
Fate
Wrecked off Miners Head
General characteristics
Class and type
Luxury steamer
Type
Steel screw steamship
Tonnage
1786 gross register tons, 1023 net register tons
Length
285.2 ft
Beam
36.3 ft
Draught
23.7 ft
Speed
~14 knots
SS Wairarapa was a New Zealand ship of the late 19th century plying the route between Auckland, New Zealand and Australia. It came to tragic fame when it hit a reef at the northern edge of Great Barrier Island, about 100 km out from Auckland, and sank. The death toll of around 130 people remains one of the largest such losses in the country's history.[1][2] The ship was named for the Wairarapa region.
^Dodd, Andy (2007). S.S. Wairarapa Graves, 1894: Heritage Assessment(PDF). Great Barrier Island, New Zealand: Department of Conservation (New Zealand). pp. 5, 23. ISBN 978-0-478-14305-8.
^Historic SS Wairarapa Graves (from the DOC. Accessed 2008-06-04.)
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