SeapixOnlineDisplaying 152 of 11107 HMNZS HINAU - the hulk of this Royal New Zealand Navy WWII minesweeper has for years lain decaying on the Whakatiwai foreshore just north of Kaiaua, SE of Auckland.
For many years most locals have thought she is the former US-built barque GUY C. GOSS (which was run ashore at the same location in 1935). GUY C GOSS - was a 214ft wooden barque built with whaling money in 1879 in Bath, Maine, USA by Goss and Sawyer.
The New York Times of 21 July 1891 states that "anxiety" was felt in shipping and railway circles after Guy C. Goss having sailed from Japan with a consignment of 30288 packages of tea valued at US$450.000 was overdue by some twelve days and storms were raging along her intended route. However, according to the NY Times, she arrived safely at Tacoma, Washington four days later with the shipment intact.
She spent her early years also carrying timber but later was actively engaged in the Alaskan salmon fishing industry.
After years laying idle, under new owners, she arrived in New Zealand waters in 1926 shipping a consignment of timber to Auckland. On arrival she was arrested because of outstanding crew wages and disbursements totalling �1500. She was used by local Auckland sea scouts as a training ship but was sold at public auction and was run ashore by her new owners at Wharekawa on the eastern shores of the Firth of Thames, SE of Auckland. A fire saw her burn to the waterline only to be replaced by HMNZS HINAU and others. Keywords: warships, royal new zealand navy, rnzn, minesweepers, wooden, wood |
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