551. PUKE (1872) - built by E. Thomson at Aratapu on the Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, NZ. These little steam launches serviced smaller harbors around the New Zealand coastline towing logs and... Date: 25 January 2010 Image ID 5980
552. PUKE (1872) - built by E. Thomson at Aratapu on the Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, NZ. These little steam launches serviced smaller harbors around the New Zealand coastline towing logs and... Date: 25 January 2010 Image ID 5981
553. PUKE (1872) - built by E. Thomson at Aratapu on the Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, NZ. Seen here showing visitors to Auckland around the Wynyard Quarter waterfront. Date: 20 January 2018 Image ID 11151
554. PUKE (1872) - built by E. Thomson at Aratapu on the Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, NZ. Seen here showing visitors to Auckland around the Wynyard Quarter waterfront. In the background is the... Date: 20 January 2018 Image ID 11152
555. PUKE (1872) was built by E. Thomson at Aratapu on the Kaipara Harbour, north of Auckland, NZ. She joined the tiny VICTORIA as part of the spectator fleet for the 178th Auckland Anniversary Day... Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11170
556. PUKENUI PILOT - a first-time entrant, registered in the far-north township of Houhora. Date: 1 February 2010 Image ID 6069
557. Royal Caribbean's 348m long QUANTUM OF THE SEAS (2014/IMO 9549463/168666gt) made her maiden call at Auckland today arriving in port from Tauranga just after sunrise.
She is the second of RCL's... Date: 22 March 2023 Image ID 12962
558. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world... Date: 23 February 2025 Image ID 13855
559. QUEEN ANNE (2024 / IMO 9839399/ 114,188gt), Cunard's latest fleet addition, sails for Tauranga, at the end of her maiden call in Auckland. She is currently half way through her maiden round-the-world... Date: 23 February 2025 Image ID 13856
560. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) sailing from her home port of Southampton, assisted by the tugs FLYING OSPREY (1976/243grt/IMO 7500798. Renamed BOA SUND) and REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO... Date: 1998 Image ID 1580
561. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) heads for the A&P drydock, Southampton, England assisted by the tugs (L-R) LYNDHURST (1996/379grt/IMO 9129495. Renamed ADSTEAM LYNDHURST then SVITZER... Date: 22 November 1996 Image ID 1581
562. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) - 30th anniversary sailing for New York from Southampton, England. The tug REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM REDBRIDGE then SVITZER... Date: 14 April 1999 Image ID 1583
563. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) - 30th anniversary sailing from Southampton, England to New York. The tugs REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM REDBRIDGE then SVITZER... Date: 14 April 1999 Image ID 1584
564. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) assisted by the Ports of Auckland tug WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) berthing in Auckland, NZ during her 2003/4 World Cruise. Date: 5 February 2004 Image ID 1585
565. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) assisted by the tug WYEGUARD (1983/60grt, ex-ANTJE. Renamed AFON WEN, HANDFAST) manoeuvring in the A&P drydock in Southampton, England. Date: 1996 Image ID 1594
566. QUEEN ELIZABETH 2 (1969/70327grt/IMO 6725418) sailing from her home port of Southampton, assisted by the tugs FLYING OSPREY (1976/243grt/IMO 7500798. Renamed BOA SUND), REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO... Date: 1998 Image ID 7312
567. QUEEN MARY 2 (2003/148528grt/IMO 9241061) is escorted into Aucklands' Waitemata Harbour by the Port of Auckland tug TAMAKI (1972/221grt/IMO 7226550) as she arrives for her maiden call during the San... Date: 17 February 2007 Image ID 3718
568. QUEEN MARY 2 (2003/148528grt/IMO 9241061) approaching Auckland, New Zealand. In the background is, by comparison, the tiny vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY. Date: 17 February 2007 Image ID 3728
569. QUEEN MARY 2 (2003/148528grt/IMO 9241061) escorted by the Ports of Auckland tug TAMAKI (1972/221grt/IMO 7226550) enters Aucklands' Waitemata Harbour, New Zealand, stunning thousands of onlookers who... Date: 17 February 2007 Image ID 3737
570. QUEEN MARY 2 (2003/148528grt/IMO 9241061) dwarfs the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C DALDY
(1935/348grt/IMO5390345) as she sails into Auckland, New Zealand soon after sunrise for her second visit to the... Date: 23 February 2009 Image ID 5196
571. QUEEN MARY 2 (2003/148528grt/IMO 9241061) dwarfs the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C DALDY
(1935/348grt/IMO5390345) as she sails into Auckland, New Zealand soon after sunrise for her second visit to the... Date: 23 February 2009 Image ID 5197
572. R ONE (1998/30277grt/IMO 9156462. Renamed REGATTA briefly in 2003 then INSIGNIA. Renamed COLUMBUS 2 in 2012 then reverted to INSIGNIA) makes her maiden visit to Southampton, England. The tug FLYING... Date: 14 July 1998 Image ID 1609
573. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] undocking from the VT Fitzroy drydock, Auckland, NZ assisted by the tug MAHIA. RAINBOW WARRIOR now... Date: 23 May 2005 Image ID 78
574. RAINBOW WARRIOR (2)[1957/555grt/IMO 5300481, ex-GRAMPIAN FAME, ROSS KASHMIR. Renamed RONGDHONU] is towed from the VT Fitzroy drydock by the tug MAHIA to a berth at Princes Wharf on the Auckland... Date: 23 May 2005 Image ID 81
575. RAKANUI - a Picton-registered towboat and Thomson Towboat's CHRISTINE MARY (ex-QS MAPLE) start the 2018 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11165
576. RAKANUI - a Picton-registered towboat (4), the tiny LADY MAY (22), the Ports of Auckland tug HAURAKI and the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY begin their mad dash for the first mark of the 178th... Date: 29 August 2017 Image ID 11167
577. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland. Date: 30 June 2020 Image ID 12372
578. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland. Date: 30 June 2020 Image ID 12373
579. RAWHITI (ex-REVENGE) - a 12.89m steel workboat operated by Total Marine of Auckland. Built in the 1960's in Whangarei, NZ, she is seen here during mooring works near the Devonport foreshore, Auckland. Date: 30 June 2020 Image ID 12374
580. 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
581. RAWINIA - built in 1961 as a pilot boat for the port of Taranaki, makes a fine sight as she rises on a swell on the homeward leg of the 2009 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5137
582. RED JET 3 (1998/213grt/IMO 9182758. Red Funnel Ferries) outbound from Town Quay, Southampton, England as the tug LYNDHURST (1996/379grt/IMO 9129495. Renamed ADSTEAM LYNDHURST then SVITZER LYNDHURST)... Date: 1999 Image ID 901
583. REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM REDBRIDGE in 2005, SVITZER REDBRIDGE in 2008), Southampton Water, England. Date: August 1999 Image ID 2704
584. REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM REDBRIDGE in 2005, SVITZER REDBRIDGE in 2008) at speed in Southampton Water, England. Date: 1999 Image ID 2705
585. REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM REDBRIDGE in 2005 then SVITZER REDBRIDGE in 2008) - one of the then Red Funnel Towage fleet at Southampton, England. Date: 1998 Image ID 7129
586. REDBRIDGE (1995/399grt/IMO 9116888. Renamed ADSTEAM REDBRIDGE in 2005, SVITZER REDBRIDGE in 2008) tows the roro vessel SEAHAWK (1977/10171grt/IMO 7383451, ex-CETAM VICTORIAE. Renamed AEGEAN SUN,... Date: 27 August 1999 Image ID 8360
587. Vessels of all ages are seen in action on Auckland's Anniversary Day. Here, just off Princess Wharf and the Hilton Hotel, BONDI BELLE (1898, nearest camera), HAMAL (at left, built 1976) and the tug... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8631
588. REPUBBLICA DI GENOVA (1988/42567grt/IMO 8521206, Grimaldi-Cobelfret. Renamed DAEWOO FRONTIER in 2008, FRONTIER in 2009, FRONT in 2010. Scrapped 2010) accompanied by the tug SIR BEVOIS (1985/250grt/IMO... Date: October 1999 Image ID 1997
589. REVENGE - formerly based in Picton, New Zealand, REVENGE is now owned by Total Marine Services of Auckland. She is seen here assisting a barge during construction of a new jetty at the downtown... Date: 17 September 2012 Image ID 8185
590. REVENGE - formerly based in Picton, New Zealand, REVENGE is now owned by Total Marine Services of Auckland. She is seen here assisting a barge during construction of a new jetty at the downtown... Date: 17 September 2012 Image ID 8186
591. REVENGE (Total Marine Services Ltd of Auckland) heads for the first mark during their first time in the Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8603
592. REVENGE forces SHAMROCK wide as they round the second mark of the 2013 Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. In March 2017 SHAMROCK hit rocks entering Tutukaka Harbour in... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8615
593. RISDON COVE (1993/205grt/IMO 8874146) - normally operating in Tasmania, RISDON COVE, on loan to PB Towing Melbourne, is seen here in the Yarra River. Date: 9 January 2009 Image ID 5286
594. RMAS BUSTLER (1981/450tons, ex-SD BUSTLER) - an Adept-class tug based at Portsmouth, England passes inbound to Southampton as the outbound Red Funnel ferry RED OSPREY heads to Cowes on the Isle of... Date: 1998 Image ID 8483
595. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company. She is seen here alongside SIERRA (built 1917) passing to East Coast Bays... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8602
596. ROA - a first time entrant in the 2013 Auckland Anniversary Regatta tug and towboat race. She was built by Sam Ford in the late 20's/early 30's she spent her early years as a mussel dredge in the... Date: 28 January 2013 Image ID 8633
597. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company. She is seen here passing the outbound cruise ship EXPLORER OF THE SEAS... Date: 6 December 2015 Image ID 10241
598. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company. Date: 5 September 2020 Image ID 12371
599. ROA - built in the late 1920's/early 1930's by Sam Ford, was once a mussel dredge for the Coromandel Mussel Dredging Company passes the yacht ALLERGY with the yacht HYSTERIA in the background. Date: 5 September 2020 Image ID 12447
600. RONAKI - built for Auckland Harbour Board (AHB) as MANUKAU sometime between 1911-1916 by Chrles Bailey Jnr. Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5138
601. RONAKI - built for the Auckland Harbour Board as MANUKAU sometime between 1911 - 1916 by Charles Bailey Jnr. Date: 26 January 2009 Image ID 5139