51. DEODAR III - an 18.5 metre Auckland police launch. Commissioned on 15 December 2007, she can reach 30 knots and remain away from shore for up to a week. Date: 16 November 2016 Image ID 10643
52. DEODAR III - an 18.5 metre Auckland police launch passes the Royal New Zealand Navy's Anzac frigate HMNZS Te Mana (F 111), Auckland Harbour. Date: 16 November 2016 Image ID 10644
53. DEODAR III - the crew of Auckland's high-speed police launch, take a quiet moment from patrol to check out the heavy transport semisubmersible vessel YACHT EXPRESS, with superyachts aboard, as she... Date: 6 January 2017 Image ID 10811
54. DEODAR III - 18.5 metre police launch patrols Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Built by Q-West boatbuilders in Whanganui and commissioned on 15 December 2007, the NZ$2.8million vessel can reach 30 knots... Date: 23 November 2018 Image ID 11536
55. EMPRESS DOCK in Southamptons' eastern docks, is home to an assortment of vessels including tugs, bunkering tankers, pilot and Harbourmaster launches, numerous types of visiting small vessels and the... Date: 1998 Image ID 7163
56. 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
57. EUROPA (Holland) accompanied by an Auckland Coastguard rescue vessel. The NZ flat-bottomed scow TED ASHBY is in the distance. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9264
58. EUROPA (Holland) accompanied by an Auckland Coastguard rescue vessel. The NZ flat-bottomed scow TED ASHBY is in the distance. Date: 28 October 2013 Image ID 9265
59. FAILTE (2012) - carrying the name of the Irish word for "welcome", the Cork pilot launch was built by local company Safehaven Marine. She is seen here at speed alongside the P&O cruise ship AZURA as... Date: July 2018 Image ID 11373
60. 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
61. 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
62. 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
63. AUCKLAND HARBOURMASTER, NZ. Date: 2004 Image ID 1061
64. HARBOURMASTER 02 - in pursuit of a rule breaker, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Note the flashing blue light. Date: 3 August 2020 Image ID 12414
65. HARBOURMASTER 4 on patrol, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ. Date: 16 August 2005 Image ID 1285
66. HARBOURMASTER 2 - one of two high speed RHIB's used to patrol Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 9621
67. 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
68. 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
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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
73. 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: 17 July 2013 Image ID 9037
74. 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: 2 October 2020 Image ID 12413
75. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest... Date: 26 June 2020 Image ID 12412
76. HOEGH AFRICA (2004/57718grt/21214dwt/IMO 9277814, ex-HUAL AFRICA) arrives in Auckland from Melbourne, Australia while the crew of a NZ Customs makes its way up harbour. Date: 8 April 2014 Image ID 9527
77. JDS INAZUMA - the Murasame-class destroyer departs Auckland accompanied by the Ports of Auckland pilot launch WAKATERE, following a 4-day goodwill stop-over (with the training ship JDS KASHIMA).... Date: 7 September 2019 Image ID 11874
78. JET RAIDER (1990, Fullers Ferries) off Devonport, inbound from Waiheke Island to the downtown ferry basin in downtown Auckland, NZ. Passing astern is the Ports of Auckland pilot launch AKARANA. Date: 7 February 2013 Image ID 8667
79. PRACTICOS VII - pilot launch serving the port of La Coruna, Spain. Completed in 2015 by Seaward at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK, the Nelson 40-type vessel is 12.34m loa with a full load displacement of... Date: 20 April 2017 Image ID 10950
80. 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
81. LAURA MAERSK (2001/50688grt/63200dwt/IMO 9190731) - the fourth of five vessels to operate Maersk's Southern Star service, departs Auckland bound fro Lyttelton following her maiden visit to the "City... Date: 8 August 2013 Image ID 9097
82. AUCKLAND COASTGUARD (LION FOUNDATION RESCUE) tows in a disabled yacht to Auckland, NZ. Date: 2005 Image ID 1138
83. LOS 121 - Pilot launch, Tromsö Fjord, Norway. Date: 22 March 2015 Image ID 10081
84. LUCHOW (2015/24785grt/39728dwt/IMO 9715218) - China Navigation's bulk carrier outbound from Auckland following her maiden call, with the Ports of Auckland pilot launch WAKATERE alongside, next port,... Date: 8 April 2019 Image ID 11720
85. MAERSK JABAL (2008/27910gt/39241dwt/2824-TEU/IMO 9343077, ex-BRIGHT FUTURE, ex-KOTA PERMASAN) alongside at Auckland's Fergusson Container Terminal. The former Auckland twin-hulled pilot launch... Date: 4 September 2016 Image ID 10566
86. 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
87. NORTH SHORE RESCUE - The new vessel is presented to the invited guests during the official naming and launching ceremony held at the Coastguard North Shore base in Browns Bay, Auckland. Date: 4 March 2017 Image ID 10885
88. NORTH SHORE RESCUE (naming/launching ceremony) - The bubbly is poured on her bows by MP for East Coast Bays the Rt. Hon. Murray McCully who was on hand for the momentous occasion. He was joined by... Date: 4 March 2017 Image ID 10886
89. 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
90. 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
91. OJARS VACIETIS (1985/10944grt/IMO 8207305, ex-OYAR VATSIETIS) outbound from Fawley Refinery, passes the Calshot lifeboat station on Southampton Water, England. OJARS VACIETIS was broken up in 2010. Date: November 1999 Image ID 2272
92. PAERATA - one of the Ports of Auckland pilot launches rounds North Head, inbound to her city berth. Date: 2003 Image ID 2124
93. PAERATA - one of the Ports of Auckland, NZ pilot launches accompanies BALTIMAR BOREAS outbound from the city. Date: 2004 Image ID 2125
94. PAERATA - one of the two pilot vessels operated at the port of Auckland, New Zealand. Date: 4 March 2006 Image ID 3229
95. PATRICIA (1982/2639grt/IMO 8003632) a buoy/lighthouse vessel operated by Trinity House, flies the Royal Standard as she passes P&O Cruises' AZURA (2010/115055grt/IMO 9424883) at Southampton. Princess... Date: 3 July 2012 Image ID 8072
96. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, this newly launched vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating... Date: 6 May 2013 Image ID 8914
97. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, this newly launched vessel is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating... Date: 22 September 2013 Image ID 9158
98. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, she is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish. The second... Date: 23 December 2014 Image ID 9883
99. PHIL WARREN 2 - named in honour of a former chairman of the former Auckland Regional Council, she is tasked with keeping the waters of the Waitemata Harbour free from floating rubbish. The second... Date: 23 December 2014 Image ID 9884
100. AUCKLAND water police RHIB, New Zealand. Date: 2008 Image ID 5971
101. PROTECTOR - Harbourmasters/Southampton Patrol launch, Southampton in thick fog passes close in along the western docks. Date: 1997 Image ID 7104
