151. 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... Date: 1982 Image ID 4944
152. 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... Date: 1982 Image ID 4945
153. WHITBREAD ROUND THE WORLD RACE 1981/2 -
The leg from Auckland to Mar del Plata had begun and Auckland gave the fleet the usual rapturous send-off.
Here the fleet rounds the sail-training ship... Date: 1982 Image ID 7861
154. CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND skippered by the late Sir Peter Blake, leads the fleet out of Auckland, New Zealand soon after the start of the third leg of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Date: 1982 Image ID 8156
155. CERAMCO NEW ZEALAND skippered by the late Sir Peter Blake, leads the fleet out of Auckland, New Zealand soon after the start of the third leg of the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race. Date: 1982 Image ID 8157
156. EUROMARCHE (bottom left) and other entrants in the 1981-82 Whitbread Round the World Yacht Race begin the third leg to Mar del Plata, Argentina. Date: 1982 Image ID 8158
157. ESMERALDA (1953/3673grt, ex-DON JUAN DE AUSTRIA) accompanied by the top-sail schooner SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE (renamed SPIRIT OF THE PACIFIC) in background, sails from Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 22 December 1983 Image ID 2024
158. ESMERALDA (1953/3673dwt, ex-DON JUAN DE AUSTRIA) accompanied by the top-sail schooner SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE (renamed SPIRIT OF THE PACIFIC) sets sail as she departs Auckland, New Zealand. The local... Date: 22 December 1983 Image ID 2026
159. ESMERALDA (1953/3673dwt, ex-DON JUAN DE AUSTRIA) sets sail as she departs Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 22 December 1983 Image ID 8865
160. SOUTHSEA (in Sealink livery) passing HMS Dolphin, inbound, at the entrance Portsmouth Harbour, England. Date: 1984 Image ID 916
161. MARY ROSE - Cannonballs salvaged from the wreck of King Henry VIII's doomed flagship Mary Rose, Portsmouth, England. Date: 1984 Image ID 1067
162. R.N.L.B. DIANA WHITE - A Rother-class lifeboat in her boathouse at Sennen Cove near Lands End, Cornwall, England. She was based there from 1974 until 1991. Built by William Osborne at Arun Shipyards... Date: 1984 Image ID 4787
163. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) sporting the slimline funnel of her earlier years, seen inbound to Southampton, England. Became a floating hotel in Dubai. Date: 1984 Image ID 1596
164. LADY McKELL (1970/329grt/IMO 7029122. Renamed VICTORIA STAR in 1999) Built at the New South Wales State Dockyard as LADY WOODWARD but names were exchanged days before launching, was one of three near... Date: 1984 Image ID 4970
165. BRUSSELS (1968/14948grt, ex-TEXACO BRUSSELS. Renamed ABU AHMEDA in 1985) with dark hull.
At right: GOLDEN DOLPHIN (1968/16158grt/IMO 6814908, ex-MATRA, PORT CAROLINE).
AL SALAMA... Date: 1984 Image ID 2233
166. METHANE PRINCESS (1964/24607grt/IMO 5412583) and her sister METHANE PROGRESS (1964/24607grt, IMO 5424744) laid up in the River Fal, Cornwall. Both were LNG carriers operating between Algeria and... Date: 1984 Image ID 2268
167. R.N.L.B. DIANA WHITE - A Rother-class lifeboat in her boathouse at Sennen Cove near Lands End, Cornwall, England. She was based there from 1974 until 1991. Built by William Osborne at Arun Shipyards... Date: 1984 Image ID 4788
168. SOUTHSEA arriving in Portsmouth, England. Date: 1985 Image ID 818
169. MARY ROSE - Ancient timbers of King Henry VIII's doomed flagship MARY ROSE during the preservation process at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard. Timbers and artefacts from the wreck were recovered in... Date: 1985 Image ID 1140
170. HMS VICTORY - an original tree nail or trunnel (used to secure deck planks and timbers) from Admiral Nelson's flagship. Date: 1985 Image ID 1194
171. HMAV BOUNTY (1978/274tonnes/387 tonnes disp) - Volunteers work the yards high above the decks after the ship berthed at Auckland's Princes Wharf. Date: Early 1980's. Image ID 5907
172. HMAV Bounty replica (1978/274tonnes/387 tonnes disp) - working the fore topsail yard, Auckland Harbour. Date: Early 1980's. Image ID 5906
173. HMAV BOUNTY replica (1978/274tonnes/387 tonnes disp) - Working the fore topsail soon after the ship berthed at Auckland's Princes Wharf. Date: Early 1980's. Image ID 5905
174. TENACITY (GH 2087) - an API-88/80 hovercraft built by the British Hovercraft Corporation, was operated on the Portsmouth-Ryde ferry route by Hovertravel between 1983 and 1990. She is seen here... Date: 1985 Image ID 6509
175. TENACITY (GH 2087) - an API-88/80 hovercraft built by the British Hovercraft Corporation, was operated on the Portsmouth-Ryde ferry route by Hovertravel between 1983 and 1990. She is seen here... Date: 1985 Image ID 6510
176. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) sporting the slimline funnel of her earlier years, seen passing the Isle of Wight from the eastern approaches to her home port of Southampton, England. Date: 1985 Image ID 7419
177. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: 1985 Image ID 8531
178. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: 1985 Image ID 8532
179. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: August 1985 Image ID 1142
180. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: August 1985 Image ID 1143
181. RAINBOW WARRIOR (1)- built in 1955 as the trawler Sir William Hardy for the UK Ministry of Fisheries ans Food, is seen here just days after her bombing by French DGSE agents in Auckland, New Zealand.... Date: August 1985 Image ID 1144
182. PORT OF LYTTELTON - Still waters and sunny days as Lyttelton looked in 1986. In 2010 it all changed when a devastating earthquake hit the city of Christchurch and the general Canterbury region. The... Date: 1986 Image ID 8033
183. The NZ-built HMAV BOUNTY is seen in Auckland with Blue Star Line's WELLINGTON STAR at a mid-harbour anchorage in Auckland. Date: 1986 Image ID 12312
184. The NZ-built HMAV BOUNTY is seen in Auckland with Blue Star Line's WELLINGTON STAR at a mid-harbour anchorage in Auckland. Date: 1986 Image ID 12313
185. HMAV BOUNTY - the NZ-built replica, under motor, moves off her berth into the Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Date: 1986 Image ID 12314
186. AUSTRALIAN VENTURE (1977/44154grt/IMO 7416911. Renamed MSC NURIA, then RIA prior to demolition in 2006) discharging at the Port of Lyttelton, New Zealand. Date: 1989 Image ID 347
187. NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC (1978/43704grt/IMO 7417587, ex-TUI), Auckland, New Zealand. Broken up 2002. Date: 1990 Image ID 550
188. WELLINGTON MARU (1979/31767grt/IMO 7820095, ex-CANBERRA MARU. Renamed MOL WELLINGTON. Scrapped in 2009 and replaced by MOL RENAISSANCE.) loading at Lyttelton, South Island, NZ. Date: 1990 Image ID 769
189. RON KIRBY (left, 1976/14147gt/27299dwt/IMO 7354307) and NEW ZEALAND PACIFIC (1978/43704grt/IMO 7417587, ex-TUI) alongside Lyttelton Container Terminal. Thanks to Robbie Nutbeam in Wellington, NZ for... Date: 1990 Image ID 6428
190. STAR FLYER (1991/2298grt/IMO 8915433) a 194-passenger barquentine, under full sail in the English Channel, en-route to Southampton, England. Date: 1991 Image ID 1698
191. STAR FLYER (1991/2298grt/IMO 8915433) a barquentine, under full sail in the English Channel, en-route to Southampton, England. Date: 1991 Image ID 1699
192. STAR FLYER (1991/2298grt/IMO 8915433) a barquentine, under full sail in the English Channel en-route to Southampton, England. Date: 1991 Image ID 1700
193. STAR FLYER (1991/2298grt/IMO 8915433) a barquentine, under full sail in the English Channel en-route to Southampton, England. Date: 1991 Image ID 7443
194. MAJESTY OF THE SEAS (1992/74077grt/IMO 8819512. Renamed MAJESTY OF OCEANS) on her delivery voyage, berths at Southampton, England prior to her naming ceremony. As of December 2021 she is laid up in... Date: 1992 Image ID 1466
195. MAJESTY OF THE SEAS (1992/74077grt/IMO 8819512. Renamed MAJESTY OF OCEANS in 2023) on her delivery voyage, berths in Southampton, England prior to her naming ceremony. As of December 2021 she is laid... Date: 1992 Image ID 1467
196. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) passing the Fawley Refinery inbound to Southampton, England from a German shipyard where repairs were made to damage sustained when she ran aground in... Date: 1992 Image ID 1578
197. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) approaches her home port berth in Southampton, England following repairs in Germany to damage she sustained when she ran aground in Martha's Vineyard,... Date: 1992 Image ID 1597
198. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) berthing in Southampton after rapairs in a German shipyard to damage sustained when she ran aground in Martha's Vineyard, USA. Date: 1992 Image ID 1598
199. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) berthing in Southampton following repairs in a German shipyard to damage sustained when she ran aground in Martha's Vineyard, USA. Date: 1992 Image ID 1599
200. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) returns to Southampton following repairs in a Germany to damage sustained when she ran aground in Martha's Vineyard, USA. Date: 1992 Image ID 1600
201. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) returning to Southampton following repairs in Germany to damage sustained when she ran aground in Martha's Vineyard, USA. Date: 1992 Image ID 1601
