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. DEODAR III - the Auckland Police high-speed launch based at Mechanics Bay on the city's waterfront, heading back toher Mechanics Bay base. She is the third police vessel to carry the name DEODAR. Date: 10 April 2024 Image ID 13470
56. 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
57. 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
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 9264
59. 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
60. 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
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 2658
62. 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
63. 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
64. AUCKLAND HARBOURMASTER, NZ. Date: 2004 Image ID 1061
65. HARBOURMASTER 6 approaching Birkenhead Wharf, Auckland. Date: 7 June 2024 Image ID 13545
66. HARBOURMASTER 02 - in pursuit of a rule breaker, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Note the flashing blue light. Date: 3 August 2020 Image ID 12414
67. HARBOURMASTER 4 on patrol, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, NZ. Date: 16 August 2005 Image ID 1285
68. HARBOURMASTER 2 - one of two high speed RHIB's used to patrol Auckland's Waitemata Harbour. Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 9621
69. 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
70. 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
71. 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
72. 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
73. 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
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: 22 September 2006 Image ID 3500
75. 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
76. 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
77. 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
78. 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
79. 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
80. 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
81. 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
82. 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
83. LAURA MAERSK (2001/50688grt/63200dwt/IMO 9190731. Renamed LOUIS MAERSK in 2023) - the fourth of five vessels to operate Maersk's Southern Star service, departs Auckland bound fro Lyttelton following... Date: 8 August 2013 Image ID 9097
84. AUCKLAND COASTGUARD (LION FOUNDATION RESCUE) tows in a disabled yacht to Auckland, NZ. Date: 2005 Image ID 1138
85. LOS 121 - Pilot launch, Tromsö Fjord, Norway. Date: 22 March 2015 Image ID 10081
86. 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
87. 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
88. 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
89. NEPTUNE (2012/20867gt/32318dwt/IMO 9640413/ex-NEWLEAD VENETICO, MAPLE CRYSTAL) arriving into Auckland’s Chelsea Sugar Refinery berth from Koh Sichang, Thailand for her maiden call. She has however... Date: 7 June 2024 Image ID 13540
90. NEPTUNE (2012/20867gt/32318dwt/IMO 9640413/ex-NEWLEAD VENETICO, MAPLE CRYSTAL) arriving into Auckland’s Chelsea Sugar Refinery berth from Koh Sichang, Thailand for her maiden call. She has however... Date: 7 June 2024 Image ID 13541
91. NORDMAAS (2019/19035gt/23417dwt/IMO 9822736) arriving from Sydney in a stiff southerly breeze. She is owned and managed by Nord GmbH Reederei of Germany and operated by Maersk A/S of Denmark. She is... Date: 29 MArch 2024 Image ID 13466
92. NORDMAAS (2019/19035gt/23417dwt/IMO 9822736) arriving from Sydney in a stiff southerly breeze. She is owned and managed by Nord GmbH Reederei of Germany and operated by Maersk A/S of Denmark. She is... Date: 29 MArch 2024 Image ID 13467
93. 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
94. 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
95. NORWEGIAN SPIRIT (1998/75904gt/8530DWT/IMO 9141065, ex-SUPERSTAR LEO) sails from Auckland bound for Tauranga. She is seen here moments before disembarking the pilot with the pilot launch AKARANA at... Date: 3 January 2023 Image ID 12808
96. 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
97. 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
98. 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
99. The 53m Tongan-flagged cargo-passenger ferry OTUANGA’OFA (2010/1534gt/IMO 9570357} arrives in Auckland today taking on bunker fuel soon after berthing.
M/V Otuanga’ofa operates between the... Date: 5 October 2022 Image ID 12696
100. OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) - the pilot boat heads back to port after disembarking the pilot as the cruise ship heads to the Bay of Islands. Date: 31 December 2022 Image ID 12793
101. OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) - the pilot boat heads back to port after disembarking the pilot as the cruise ship heads to the Bay of Islands. Date: 31 December 2022 Image ID 12794
