301. GLADIATOR leads MANUKAU, BONDI BELLE (1898), SIERRA (1917) and WAKA KUME at the first mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7568
302. GLADIATOR gives her crew an exciting ride as she leads SIERRA to the second mark. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7571
303. Passengers aboard WILLIAM C. DALDY at the second mark watch as GLADIATOR surges alongside followed by MANUKAU . Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7578
304. GLADIATOR - displaying good water safety.... each and every person wearing lifejackets.... makes for the start line of the 2013 Anniversary Day tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8590
305. GLADIATOR's "Dick Dead-eye", the man who last year terrorised the passengers aboard the steam tug William C. Daldy with his water/ice-filled balloons during the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8591
306. Tugs, including GLADIATOR (centre), CHRISTINE MARY (right background) and MAHIA await the 9am starting gun for the Anniversary Day Regatta tug race in Auckland. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8593
307. GLADIATOR and BONDI BELLE (1898) charging down the homeward leg of the Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8612
308. GLADIATOR hot on the heels of MAHIA charge down the homeward leg of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8613
309. GLADIATOR, hot on the heels of Thomson Towboats' MAHIA, round No.15 buoy and head for the finish line of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. Ahead of them are CHRISTINE MARY (r) and HAMAL... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8621
310. Passengers aboard the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY keep watch and prepare to take avoiding action as they again come under fire from the "marksmen" aboard GLADIATOR. MAHIA (red/black) closes on... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8622
311. GLADIATOR astern of STRATHALLAN (left) and MAHIA charge for the finish line and home as they round the final mark in the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8623
312. GLADIATOR - for once WILLIAM C. DLADY is not the target of Gladiator's slingshots, the crew of Thomson Towboats' MAHIA coming into the sights for once as the fleet make for the finish line of the 2013... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8624
313. GLADIATOR - displaying good water safety.... each and every person wearing lifejackets.... including "Dick Dead-eye"... as they terrorised the passengers aboard WILLIAM C. DALDY with their... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8625
314. GLADIATOR on collision course with the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY after the conclusion of the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race. Not content with having again terrorised the... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8627
315. GLADIATOR on collision course with the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY. Not content with having again terrorised the passengers aboard the old steam tug with their water-balloon catapults, they... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8628
316. GLADIATOR - after ramming WILLIAM C. DALDY amidships, the skipper of GLADIATOR, having regained control of his vessel, moves away as passengers inspect the resulting damage after the end of the 2013... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8629
317. WILLIAM C. DALDY - the damaged rubbing strip after having been accidentally rammed by the tug GLADIATOR. And that was after the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug race had finished!! Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8630
318. GLOBAL HARVEST (1993/8520grt/IMO 9072501, ex-SEA PRINCESS. Renamed RONDA CARRIER in 2012) with the tug WYEGUARD (1983/60grt, ex-ANTJE. Renamed AFON WEN, HANDFAST) in attendance, arriving in... Date: November 1999 Image ID 1942
319. GLYN BIRD (1909) - built by Ernie Lang. She was used for years towing barges of shingle from the Firth of Thames quarry but also as a rubbish disposal vessel for the Port of Auckland. Date: 7 February 2007 Image ID 14211
320. GOLDEN LUCY 1 (1987/7178grt/IMO 8506763, ex-ORIENTAL CANARY, ORIENTE CANARY, KEIFU) sails from Auckland. The Port of Auckland tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) is alongside. Date: 2003 Image ID 2243
321. GOLDEN RAY (1973/22293grt/IMO 7305734, ex-TEPOZTECO, PRINCE MARU No. 7. Scrapped 2000) inbound to Southampton's western docks assisted by the tugs REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM... Date: 1998 Image ID 2447
322. GOTTFRIED SCHULTE (2006/35991grt/42101dwt/3534teu/IMO 9328493, ex-APL SYDNEY) arrives in Auckland from Tauranga as the Ports of Auckland tug WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084) comes alongside to take... Date: 6 August 2016 Image ID 10539
323. GSL KITHIRA (2009/52726gt/65937dwt/IMO 9407885) departing the Fergusson Container Terminal bound for Lyttelton assisted by the fully electric tug SPARKY. She is owned by China Merchants Bank of PRC,... Date: 6 April 2024 Image ID 13461
324. A heavily laden GSL KITHIRA (2009/IMO 9407885/52726gt/65937dwt/5301 TEU/ ex-BERNADETTE, CHOAPA TRADER, CSAV RIO DE JANEIRO, MEDONDRA), piloted by my friend, Auckland pilot Peter Willyams, arrived in... Date: 2 July 2025 Image ID 14007
325. HAIDA 1929 (IMO 8981652/ ex-Ex-DONA AMELIA, SARINA, USC&GS PIONEER, USS ARGUS, HAIDA G, HAIDA, ROSENKAVALIER) undocking from the Babcock drydock in Devonport towed by the Thomson towboats TURIHAUA (r)... Date: 29 November 2025 Image ID 14300
326. HAIDA 1929 (IMO 8981652/ ex-Ex-DONA AMELIA, SARINA, USC&GS PIONEER, USS ARGUS, HAIDA G, HAIDA, ROSENKAVALIER) having undocked from the Babcock drydock in Devonport is towed by the Thomson towboats... Date: 29 November 2025 Image ID 14303
327. HAMAL (1976/95 tons displacement) is a 67ft steel trawler-type vessel was launched in Whangarei, NZ. She is powered by twin 8L3B Gardner engines. Designed by T.C. Watson, she was built as a pleasure... Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5121
328. 2010 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY TUG RACE - HAMAL (1976/95 tons displacement) a 67ft steel trawler-type vessel was launched in Whangarei, NZ. She is powered by twin 8L3B Gardner engines. Designed by T.C.... Date: 1 February 2010 Image ID 6042
329. HAMAL (1976/95 tons displacement) a 67ft steel trawler-type vessel, launched in Whangarei, powers alongside William C. Daldy in the "washtub" wakes of the tug race fleet. Date: 30 January 2012 Image ID 7544
330. GLADIATOR trails HAMAL (r) and ORION as they round the first mark in the 2013 tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8607
331. Things got a little crowded at the second mark and turn for home. Here (L-R) ORION, STRATHALLAN and HAMAL round the mark just metres from each other. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8609
332. HAMTUN (1985/250grt/IMO 8414154, Red Funnel Towing. Renamed MULTRATUG 16 in 2006) dressed for the ceremonial welcome home of P&O's CANBERRA from her final cruise, moves down Southampton Water in... Date: 30 September 1997 Image ID 2693
333. HAMTUN (1985/250grt/IMO 8414154, Red Funnel Towing. Renamed MULTRATUG 16 in 2006) working the bow of AMBASSADOR II as an inbound car carrier approaches the dockhead at Southampton, England. Date: 1997 Image ID 6477
334. HAMTUN (1985/250grt/IMO 8414154, Red Funnel Towing. Renamed MULTRATUG 16 in 2006) leads the car carrier TELLUS (1978/47089grt/IMO 7518563, ex-NOSAC RANGER, NOSAC MASCOT, NOPAL MASCOT. Renamed... Date: 1998 Image ID 8509
335. New Zealand Shipping Company's HAPARANGI (1947/11,281grt/IMO 5142463) arriving Auckland from Liverpool. Tugs WILLIAM C DALDY (1935/IMO 5390345) and AUCKLANDER (1958/IMO 5030373. Renamed TAPUHI 2 and... Date: 9 September 1964 Image ID 2993
336. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9650
337. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9651
338. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9652
339. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9654
340. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Sailed from China to New Zealand the Damen ASD tug was built in... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9655
341. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Flanked by her new fleetmates WAKA KUME and WAIPAPA and followed... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9656
342. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arrives in Auckland direct from her builders. She is seen here flanked by her new fleetmates WAKA KUME and... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9657
343. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arrives in Auckland to a glorious winter sunrise. The preserved 1935-built steam tug WILLIAM C DALDY and the... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9658
344. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arrives in Auckland. The preserved 1935-built steam tug WILLIAM C DALDY and the two mainstays of the port's tug... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9659
345. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arrives in Auckland direct from her builders. She is escorted into port by the pilot launch AKARANA while the... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9660
346. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug, passing Fergusson Container Terminal, arrives in Auckland from the Damen shipyard in Changde, China. She is accompanied into... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9661
347. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet addition arriving in Auckland direct from her builders. Flanked by her new fleetmates WAKA KUME and WAIPAPA and followed... Date: 18 August 2014 Image ID 9662
348. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet, now fully operational. She is seen here with WAIPAPA while assisting the Japanese destroyer JDS SETOYUKI to its berth. Date: 3 September 2014 Image ID 9684
349. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet, now fully operational, assists the Japanese destroyer JDS SETOYUKI during a goodwill visit to Auckland. Date: 3 September 2014 Image ID 9685
350. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) - Ports of Auckland's latest tug fleet, now fully operational. Job done!! HAURAKI and WAIPAPA head back to their berths after completing another berthing. Date: 3 September 2014 Image ID 9686
351. HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) stands by to take a line from the recently launched Hong Kong-flagged bulk carrier BELLE PLAINE. The bulker, making her maiden call at Auckland was inbound... Date: 11 September 2014 Image ID 9703
