- Port Authority & Service Vessels

101. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored, makes her way to the start line of the 169th Auckland Anniversary Day regatta tug race where she acted as committee...
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 5099

102. AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored makes her way to the start line of the 169th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta where she acted as committee boat.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 5097

103. HARBOURMASTER 2 - one of two high speed RHIB's used to patrol Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 9621

104. HARBOURMASTER 1 returns to base following a busy morning patrolling Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 26 January 2009
Image ID 10387

105. OCEANIC VIKING (1996/9194grt/IMO 9128584, ex-VIKING LADY) - classed as an offshore supply ship, OCEANIC VIKING is an Australian Customs and Fisheries patrol ship. She is seen here in Port Phillip Bay...
Date: 1 December 2008
Image ID 5283

106. DEODAR III - the new Auckland Police high-speed launch based at Mechanics Bay on the city's waterfront, sets out on another patrol. She is the third police vessel to carry the name DEODAR.
Date: 1 July 2008
Image ID 4758

107. AKARANA - Ports of Aucklands' new pilot launch introduced in early 2008. The second pilot launch at the port to bear the name, she is currently supported by the older twin-hulled pilot launch...
Date: 31 March 2008
Image ID 4594

108. DEODAR III - A new 18.5 metre Auckland police launch. Commissioned on 15 December 2007, the NZ$2.8million vessel can reach 30 knots and remain away from shore for up to a week.
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4385

109. RAWINIA - built in 1961 as a pilot boat for the port of Taranaki. She is seen here making for the finish line of the 168th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race.
Date: 28 January 2008
Image ID 4423

110. AUCKLAND water police RHIB, New Zealand.
Date: 2008
Image ID 5971

111. WYUNA (1953/1313grt/IMO 5393907) the Scottish-built former Port Phillip pilot cutter seen lifted by the synchrolift at Launceston, Tasmania. She has recently been sold by the Australian Maritime...
Date: 8 August 2007
Image ID 4089

112. WYUNA (1953/1313grt/IMO 5393907) the Scottish-built former Port Phillip pilot cutter, is lifted by the synchrolift at Launceston, Tasmania. She has recently been sold by the Australian Maritime...
Date: 8 August 2007
Image ID 4090

113. WYUNA (1953/1313grt/IMO 5393907) the Scottish-built former Port Phillip pilot cutter seen lifted by the synchrolift at Launceston, Tasmania. She was sold by the Australian Maritime College to unknown...
Date: 8 August 2007
Image ID 10256

114. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA - Tug racing - AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch (left), FERRO (1905) also a former AHB pilot launch and tug and SIERRA (1917, and slightly...
Date: 29 January 2007
Image ID 3684

115. AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA - Tug racing - AKARANA (1960) a former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch, now fully restored, makes her way back to port following the racing.
Date: 29 January 2007
Image ID 3685

116. SEALEGS AMPHIBIOUS RESCUE CRAFT - New Zealand designed & manufactured, the Sealegs Amphibious Rescue Craft was unveiled to the public on 9 November 2006. It is seen here being displayed on Auckland's...
Date: 8 December 2006
Image ID 3597

117. SEALEGS AMPHIBIOUS RESCUE CRAFT - was unveiled to the public on 9 November 2006. It is seen here being put through it's paces on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour.
Date: 8 December 2006
Image ID 3599

118. ACHERON - Ports of Auckland's survey vessel seen operating off Wynyard Wharf, AUckland, NZ.
Date: 8 December 2006
Image ID 3601

119. HAUTURU (Maori: Little Barrier) - The New Zealand Department of Conservation vessel used for transporting DOC personell and equipment between Auckland and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 22 September 2006
Image ID 3500

120. PAERATA - one of the two pilot vessels operated at the port of Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 4 March 2006
Image ID 3229

121. FERRO (1905) seen during her first trip since being completely refurbished. The former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch was re-launched on the 100th anniversary of her original launching.
Date: 29 November 2005
Image ID 2658

122. FERRO (1905) seen during her first trip since being completely refurbished. The former Auckland Harbour Board pilot launch was re-launched on the 100th anniversary of her original launching.
Date: 29 November 2005
Image ID 11140

123. RANGITOTO RANGER - operated by the New Zealand Department of Conservation around the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, near Auckland, NZ.
Date: 20 October 2005
Image ID 2237

124. MSC FEDERICA (1974/21296grt/IMO 7347512, ex-MSC GINA, GINA, WATER GINA, AUSTRALIA, MALMROS MONSOON) inbound at Auckland, NZ. The pilot launch PAERATA is also seen inbound. MSC FEDERICA and a later MSC...
Date: 16 August 2005
Image ID 1238

125. HARBOURMASTER 4 on patrol, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ.
Date: 16 August 2005
Image ID 1285

126. WAITEMATA - a Ports of Auckland pilot launch.
Date: 16 May 2005
Image ID 133

127. WAITEMATA - a Ports of Auckland pilot launch.
Date: 16 May 2005
Image ID 134

128. THE PHIL WARREN - tasked with clearing litter and unwanted floating rubbish from Auckland's downtown waterfront.
Date: February 2005
Image ID 1156

129. AUCKLAND COASTGUARD (LION FOUNDATION RESCUE) tows in a disabled yacht to Auckland, NZ.
Date: 2005
Image ID 1138

130. DEODAR II, the Auckland water police launch on patrol near Hobson Wharf, Auckland.
Date: 10 April 2004
Image ID 1091

131. HAUTURU (Maori: Little Barrier) - A New Zealand Department of Conservation vessel used for transporting DOC personell and equipment between Auckland and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 2 April 2004
Image ID 1096

132. HAUTURU (Maori: Little Barrier) - a Department of Conservation launch used to transport department personell and equipment between Auckland and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf.
Date: 2 April 2004
Image ID 1097

133. AUCKLAND HARBOURMASTER, NZ.
Date: 2004
Image ID 1061

134. TRILLIAN RESCUE ALPHA (AUCKLAND COASTGUARD), Auckland, NZ.
Date: 2004
Image ID 1160

135. PAERATA - one of the Ports of Auckland, NZ pilot launches accompanies BALTIMAR BOREAS outbound from the city.
Date: 2004
Image ID 2125

136. CONTSHIP BOREALIS (2002/46009grt/IMO 9232589. Renamed CP BOREALIS, MAERSK DAYTON, GLASGOW EXPRESS) sailing from Auckland, New Zealand assisted by the tug WAKA KUME. The pilot launch WAITEMATA passes...
Date: January 2003
Image ID 424

137. PAERATA - one of the Ports of Auckland pilot launches rounds North Head, inbound to her city berth.
Date: 2003
Image ID 2124

138. CONTSHIP AURORA (2002/46009grt/IMO 9232565. Renamed CP AURORA, MAERSK DEXTER, LIVERPOOL EXPRESS) arriving in Auckland, New Zealand on her maiden call direct from her Korean builders, as the port pilot...
Date: 16 September 2002
Image ID 412

139. WAITEMATA - at the date of this picture, shares piloting duties with PAERATA at Ports of Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 2001
Image ID 2164

140. WAITEMATA - at the date of this picture, shares pilotage duties with PAERATA at Ports of Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 2001
Image ID 2165

141. SOUTHAMPTON PILOT LAUNCH inbound at Gosport, England.
Date: August 2000
Image ID 2151

142. CLIPPER MIRAGE (1997/16400grt/IMO 9138616. Renamed DS MIRAGE in 2003 and AMAZON in 2010), Southampton, England. In the foreground is the police launch EARL MOUNTBATTEN.
Date: April 2000
Image ID 178

143. CHODZIEZ (1988/15414grt/IMO 8302301. Renamed DIVIO), in The Solent inbound to Southampton, England takes the pilot aboard.
Date: January 2000
Image ID 8516

144. OJARS VACIETIS (1985/10944grt/IMO 8207305, ex-OYAR VATSIETIS) outbound from Fawley Refinery, passes the RNLI's Brede-class lifeboat SAFEWAY (Commissioned in 1985. Decommissioned 2001 and sold to South...
Date: November 1999
Image ID 2272

145. NYK ANTARES (1997/76637grt/IMO 9162485. Renamed MSC LESOTHO in 2010 then LESOTHO in 2012) outbound from Southampton, England escorted by PROTECTOR, the Harbourmaster's patrol launch.
Date: October 1999
Image ID 590

146. TANGO (1984/9983grt/IMO 8306589, ex-OCTOGON, TUTOVA, RITZBERG. Renamed CFF SOLENT in 2004 then TANGO, then FAST INDEPENDENCE in 2005. Scrapped 2010) sailijng from the eastern docks in Southampton,...
Date: 27 August 1999
Image ID 2587

147. LA LOIRE (1995/58531grt/IMO 9110042. Renamed MOL LOIRE, APL NINGBO) takes aboard a heavy generator from the Port of Southamptons' floating crane CANUTE.
Date: JULY 1999
Image ID 6746

148. A pilot launch seen outbound into The Solent from Gosport, England. In the background are the iron-clad warship HMS. WARRIOR (1860) and the Portsmouth-Isle of Wight ferry ST. CATHERINE (renamed GB...
Date: 1999
Image ID 8517

149. CANUTE, the Port of Southampton's floating crane, loading a ships propeller aboard a containership.
Date: 1998
Image ID 1844

150. CANUTE, the Port of Southampton's floating crane, lifts a ships' propeller aboard a Japan-bound containership.
Date: 1998
Image ID 1852

151. CALSHOT (1929) a former tug tender which served many of the great liners of yesteryear during their stop-overs in Southampton, England and PROSPECT, one of the modern harbourmaster/patrol launches in...
Date: 1998
Image ID 2685