From Griffin's "Flags National and Mercantile" 1891
(TY) TYSER LINE (G.D.TYSER & CO.)
(The eight
vessels marked with an asterisk below became part of the
Commonwealth & Dominion Line when it was established in 1914. Some
photos listed below from Ian Farquhar's "The Tyser Legacy - A History
of the Port Line and its Associated Companies", New Zealand Ship &
Marine Society (Inc.), Wellington 1994)
Hawkes Bay
(I) – stscs 1f2m
4,583gt
slv photo uw Image No. b42771
1891
Sunderland
slq drawing (b&w) uw
Image No. P982
Photo aq, P.243, Farquhar
op. cit.
Photo aq, P.38, Farquhar
op. cit. (at Adelaide)
Tomoana
– stscs 1f2bgn 5,987gt
1899
nmm photo uw No. P.15086
Sunderland
(as Tudor Star,
ex-Brodvale,
ex-Tomoana)
Photo aq, P.40, Farquhar
op. cit. (1905 Sydney)
Mimiro* (1916 renamed Port Hacking) – sln photos uw
stscs 1f 2bgn 6,225gt 1900
Belfast
Digital Order No. a639222
aq Digital Order
No. a639223
slv photo ut Image No. b37317
nmm photo ut No. P.12460
Photo ut, P.244, Farquhar
op. cit.
Photo aq, P.40, Farquhar
op. cit.
Marere*
– (sunk 1916 before
change
sln photo
of name) stscs 6443gt
1902
uw Digital Order No. a638400
Belfast
slq photo uw Image
No.133846
Photo uw, P.245, Farquhar
op. cit.
Niwaru*(1916
renamed
Port
sln photos
Lyttelton (I)) – stscs 1f2m
6,444gt
ut Digital Order No. a639236
1902
Belfast
am Digital Order No. a639238
Digital Order No.
a639242
(wrecked, Tamar River,
Tasmania)
slv photo uw Image No. b39527
(with WW I ‘dazzle’ paint)
slq photo aq Image No. 134493
nmm photo No. P.12479 (1922,
off Gravesend)
Nerehana* (1916 renamed Port Hardy (I)) – sln photo aq
stscs 1f2m 6,533gt 1907
Belfast
Digital Order No. a639224
slv photo ut Image No.
mp010716
slq photo am Image No.134489
Photo uw, P.247, Farquhar
op. cit.
(atWellington)
Whakarua*
(1916 renamed
Port
sln photos:
Chalmers (II)) – stscs 1f2m
6,534gt
aq Digital Order No. a639199
1907
Belfast
aq Digital Order No. a639200
uw Digital Order
No. a639203
slq photo aq Image No. 134588
nmm photos:
ut No. P.12443
aq No. P.29918 (1923,
with tugs, London)
Photo uw, P.246, Farquhar
op. cit. (in
harbour)
Photo uw, P.47, Farquhar
op. cit.
(1907 on trials off
Belfast)
Muritai* (1916 renamed Port Victor (II) – sln photos:
stscs 1f2m 6,440gt 1910
Belfast
aq Digital Order No. a639270
aq Digital
Order No. a639271
aq Digital Order No. a639272
Photo uw, P.247, Farquhar
op. cit.
Hawkes Bay (II)*(1916, renamed Port sln photo:
Napier
(I)) – sttwscs 1f2m 8,491gt
uw Digital Order No. a639252
1912
Belfast
nmm photos uw No. P.12488
aq
No. P.12489
Photo ut, P.248, Farquhar
op. cit.
Makarini* (1916, renamed Port Nicholson) – sln photos:
sttwscs 1f2m 8,418gt 1912
Belfast
ut Digital Order No. a639257
am Digital
Order No. a639255
Ship details
from Duncan Haws’ “Merchant Fleets 21 –Port Line,
with Corry,
Royden, Tyser and Milburn” (TCL Publications, Hereford 1991) For photos
of most of the above ships see Ian Farquhar's "The Tyser Legacy - A History
of the Port Line and its Associated Companies" (New Zealand Ship and
Marine Society, Wellington 1994)
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