HINEMOA
Posted: Mon May 05, 2014 8:38 am
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The poster shows an inter-island ferry berthed at Wellington. Sailings were undertaken by the Union Steamship Co of New Zealand and they only had one vessel that fitted the profile of the vessel shown on the poster and that was the HINEMOA.
Having been ordered in 1939 and construction delayed due to WW2 HINEMOA became the first vessel to be built for the Union Steamship Co post war and also the first post-war ocean liner from a British Yard.
Built 1946 by Vickers Armstrong Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
6,911grt. 419' x 58' x 17'. 914 passengers
On 30 May 1946 HINEMOA was launched by Mrs N.S. Falla, widow of Norrie Falla, former managing director of the Union S.S. Co. On 21 Dec 1946 she sailed from Greenock, with 90 passengers, for Wellington via Suez, Colombo and Fremantle arriving in Wellington on 26 Jan 1947. According to The Times ‘Movement of Liners’ HINEMOA left the Suez Canal on 31 December 1946.
On 10 Feb 1947 HINEMOA began her maiden crossing from Wellington to Lyttelton under the command of Capt. F.W. Collins.
On 16 Feb 1947 she arrived at Lyttelton 8 hours late after encountering a severe southerly storm forcing her to reduce speed to 7 knots. A rogue wave was also encountered, damaging her forward superstructure and the bridge housing.
With the delays in the construction of WAHINE, a somewhat lop-sided service operated with the MAORI providing a roll-on/roll-off service and the HINEMOA still operating in the conventional style. This continued until WAHINE made her first voyage in the service on 1 August 1966.
HINEMOA was withdrawn from service on 23 August 1966 and laid up for sale at Wellington.
12 Oct 1966: Used as a hotel ship during the visit of US President Lyndon Johnson.
She was sold in 1967 to the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania, Australia, for use as an electrical power ship as a severe drought there meant the dams were too low to supply adequate electricity. Renamed GEORGE H EVANS she left Wellington on 25 October 1967 for Bell Bay, Tasmania where her main engines were disconnected from the screws and the power generated was fed in to the grid network.
1969: Sold to Hammersley Iron Ore Co. Ltd., for use as a floating power station at Dampier, West Australia.
7 Apr 1969: Departed Bell Bay under tow of tug Tusker and arrived at Dampier 8 May 1969.
1971: Sold to Fuji Marden & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, for scrap.
12 Feb 1971: Departed Dampier under tow of tug Salvonia and arrived at Hong Kong 19 Mar 1971.
New Zealand 2014 70c sg?, scott?
Sources: Merchant Fleets No. 32 – Union Steamship Co of New Zealand by Duncan Haws. New Zealand Costal Shipping: http://www.nzcoastalshipping.com/steamerexpress.html. http://www.bluestarline.org/hinemoa.html. http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/hinemoa1946/index.htm.
Peter Crichton.
The poster shows an inter-island ferry berthed at Wellington. Sailings were undertaken by the Union Steamship Co of New Zealand and they only had one vessel that fitted the profile of the vessel shown on the poster and that was the HINEMOA.
Having been ordered in 1939 and construction delayed due to WW2 HINEMOA became the first vessel to be built for the Union Steamship Co post war and also the first post-war ocean liner from a British Yard.
Built 1946 by Vickers Armstrong Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness.
6,911grt. 419' x 58' x 17'. 914 passengers
On 30 May 1946 HINEMOA was launched by Mrs N.S. Falla, widow of Norrie Falla, former managing director of the Union S.S. Co. On 21 Dec 1946 she sailed from Greenock, with 90 passengers, for Wellington via Suez, Colombo and Fremantle arriving in Wellington on 26 Jan 1947. According to The Times ‘Movement of Liners’ HINEMOA left the Suez Canal on 31 December 1946.
On 10 Feb 1947 HINEMOA began her maiden crossing from Wellington to Lyttelton under the command of Capt. F.W. Collins.
On 16 Feb 1947 she arrived at Lyttelton 8 hours late after encountering a severe southerly storm forcing her to reduce speed to 7 knots. A rogue wave was also encountered, damaging her forward superstructure and the bridge housing.
With the delays in the construction of WAHINE, a somewhat lop-sided service operated with the MAORI providing a roll-on/roll-off service and the HINEMOA still operating in the conventional style. This continued until WAHINE made her first voyage in the service on 1 August 1966.
HINEMOA was withdrawn from service on 23 August 1966 and laid up for sale at Wellington.
12 Oct 1966: Used as a hotel ship during the visit of US President Lyndon Johnson.
She was sold in 1967 to the Hydro-Electric Commission of Tasmania, Australia, for use as an electrical power ship as a severe drought there meant the dams were too low to supply adequate electricity. Renamed GEORGE H EVANS she left Wellington on 25 October 1967 for Bell Bay, Tasmania where her main engines were disconnected from the screws and the power generated was fed in to the grid network.
1969: Sold to Hammersley Iron Ore Co. Ltd., for use as a floating power station at Dampier, West Australia.
7 Apr 1969: Departed Bell Bay under tow of tug Tusker and arrived at Dampier 8 May 1969.
1971: Sold to Fuji Marden & Co. Ltd., Hong Kong, for scrap.
12 Feb 1971: Departed Dampier under tow of tug Salvonia and arrived at Hong Kong 19 Mar 1971.
New Zealand 2014 70c sg?, scott?
Sources: Merchant Fleets No. 32 – Union Steamship Co of New Zealand by Duncan Haws. New Zealand Costal Shipping: http://www.nzcoastalshipping.com/steamerexpress.html. http://www.bluestarline.org/hinemoa.html. http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/hinemoa1946/index.htm.
Peter Crichton.