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HMNZT ORARI

1906-27 7207 gross tons. Lb: 460″7″ x 60″2″ (140.4 x 18.4 metres). Passenger Cargo steamship built by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton for Haycraft & Westray. Twin screw, triple expansion engine making 14 knots. 1908 owned by New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd. ……………….. TRANSPORT VOYAGE ………1914 as HMNZT 06 departed Wellington New Zealand with WellingtonContinue reading “HMNZT ORARI”

HMS Britomart – By 1840 several Royal Navy ships were engaged in hydrographic surveys directed by the Admiralty. Captain Owen Stanley, on HMS Britomart, drew up an Admiralty chart of the Waitemata Harbour.[11] The Britomart was a Cherokee class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. In this survey, he named Britomart Point after his ship. Stanley was a talented painter, but he seemed to suffer from a temporary lack of invention when he named another prominent point the Second Point. Today this is called Stanley Point

HMS Britomart was another 10-gun Cherokee-class brig-sloop, launched in 1820 and sold in 1843. http://ift.tt/1SXZ8Wg HMS Britomart – By 1840 several Royal Navy ships were engaged in hydrographic surveys directed by the Admiralty. Captain Owen Stanley, on HMS Britomart, drew up an Admiralty chart of the Waitemata Harbour.[11] The Britomart was a Cherokee class brig-sloopContinue reading “HMS Britomart – By 1840 several Royal Navy ships were engaged in hydrographic surveys directed by the Admiralty. Captain Owen Stanley, on HMS Britomart, drew up an Admiralty chart of the Waitemata Harbour.[11] The Britomart was a Cherokee class brig-sloop of the Royal Navy. In this survey, he named Britomart Point after his ship. Stanley was a talented painter, but he seemed to suffer from a temporary lack of invention when he named another prominent point the Second Point. Today this is called Stanley Point”