1. Maritime photographers work in all weathers. A photographer waits in last evening's stifling humidity and misty rain for the right shot from Devonport Wharf. Date: 2 February 2026 Image ID 14482
2. AMAKURA II - designed and built in 1936 by Colin Wild. She is seen here participating in the parade of classic yachts and motor launches, part of the 2026 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta. Moments... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14534
3. Auckland 2026 Anniversary Day Regatta Parade of Historic Vessels - Ariki (A3), built in 1905 tries taking avasive action as the classic launch AMAKURA II cuts across her path. Sadly, the 90 year-old... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14498
4. ARIKI (A3) a classic gaff cutter launched in 1905, ends up wedged under the bow of the 90 year-old steam tug WILLIAN C. DALDY after being forced to take evasive action after being "cut off" by the... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14499
5. ARIKI (A3) - Proceeds during the Auckland Anniversay Day Regatta Parade of Classic Vessels, moments after colliding with the stean tug WILLIAM C. DALDY. Caught under the tug's bow after being forced... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14501
6. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935) - Crew members and volunteers of the steam tug check out the situation as the 1905-built gaff cutter ARIKI (A3) tries disentangling herself from beneath the bow of the tug.... Date: 26 January 2026 Image ID 14500
7. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - built by Lobnitz and Co in Renfrew, Scotland. The now preserved steam tug, operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust and upkept by a dedicated... Date: 3 August 2025 Image ID 14039
8. 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
9. 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
10. WAIPAPA (2000/338grt/IMO 9212072) displays her manoeuvrability to passengers aboard the steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 14180
11. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - blowing her top during the 2025 Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. Date: 27 January 2025 Image ID 13857
12. 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
13. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) the swastika on her anchors may cause a certain amount of puzzlement but according to http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland212.html... Date: 20 March 2023 Image ID 12934
14. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) the swastika on her anchors may cause a certain amount of puzzlement but according to http://www.searlecanada.org/sunderland/sunderland212.html... Date: 20 March 2023 Image ID 12935
15. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/LR No:5390345) - Auckland's very own preserved vintage steam tug. Date: 20 MArch 2023 Image ID 12996
16. Royal Caribbean's OVATION OF THE SEAS (2016/168666grt/IMO 9697753/348m loa) first call in two and a half years, arriving late morning from Sydney, Australia, made for a very busy day at Ports of... Date: 29 November 2022 Image ID 12759
17. The “Grand Old Lady†of the Waitemata Harbour - the preserved veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/323gt/LR No: 5390345) heading back to her berth at Devonport at the end of another... Date: 18 October 2022 Image ID 12709
18. The “Grand Old Lady†of the Waitemata Harbour - the preserved veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/323gt/LR No: 5390345) heading back to her berth at Devonport at the end of another... Date: 16 October 2022 Image ID 12710
19. PRESTIGE ACE (2000/55878gt/20202dwt/IMO 9213454) passes Auckland preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) berthed at Devonport Wharf. Date: 13 March 2022 Image ID 12502
20. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), Auckland's well known preserved steam tug takes a group charter on an early evening cruise on the Waitemata Harbour as Holland America’s MAASDAM... Date: 8 December 2018 Image ID 11569
21. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - maintained and operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, seen during a charter cruise, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Date: 13 October 2018 Image ID 11481
22. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - maintained and operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, seen during a charter cruise on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, gives her passengers a... Date: 13 October 2018 Image ID 11479
23. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - maintained and operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, seen during a charter cruise, Waitemata Harbour, Auckland. Date: 13 October 2018 Image ID 11480
24. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - maintained and operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, seen during a charter cruise on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, gives her passengers a... Date: 13 October 2018 Image ID 11482
25. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - maintained and operated by the William C. Daldy Preservation Trust, seen during a charter cruise on Auckland's Waitemata Harbour, gives her passengers a... Date: 13 October 2018 Image ID 11483
26. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - seen here heading our to greet the delivery from China of Ports of Auckland's three new-generation container cranes aboard the heavy-lift ship ZHEN HUA 25. Date: 5 October 2018 Image ID 11471
27. TURIHAUA (1977/IMO 7532040), HAURAKI (2014/250grt/124dwt/IMO 9681015) and the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) power away from the start line of the 178th Auckland... Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11163
28. VIKING SUN (2017/47842grt/4797dwt/IMO 9725433) alongside in Auckland during her inaugural world cruise, seen here surrounded by an array of new and old tugs and towboats after the conclusion of the... Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11169
29. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) about to cross the finish line of the 178th Auckland Anniversary Day Regatta tug race. The pilot launch WAKATERE, Harbourmaster's RIB and a local yachtie... Date: 29 January 2018 Image ID 11168
30. 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
31. WILLIAM C. DALDY - the Auckland-based preserved steam tug, crammed full of Old Salts, former members of the Royal New Zealand Navy, give three cheers for Her Excellency, the Rt. Hon. Dame Patsy Reddy,... Date: 19 November 2016 Image ID 10698
32. WILLIAM C DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) the Auckland-based preserved steam tug, inbound to her Hobson Wharf berth after an afternoon sailing under private charter passes the MSC VIENNA... Date: 28 February 2016 Image ID 10376
33. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Crossing the start line L-R are: WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), TUNA (built 1938), WAINUI, BIG BUD (2003), KORAKI (yellow,... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10349
34. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The stokers aboard preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) would be taking a well-earned breather at the end of the... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10315
35. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Paying passengers aboard the veteran steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) take in the spectacle of the post-race... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10320
36. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The oldest and newest big tugs on the harbour were the 81 year-old preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) and Ports... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10322
37. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 81 year-old preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) takes a while to wind up the speed as she crosses the start... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10323
38. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. MAHIA (Thomson Towboats) surges to the finish line ahead of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345). Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10324
39. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. MAHIA (Thomson Towboats) surges to the finish line ahead of the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345).
Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10325
40. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 1956-built STRATHALLAN heads the steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) on the final leg of the race to the finish. Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10328
41. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The crew of the Royal New Zealand Navy Commodore's launch see a gap in the harbour traffic astern of the preserved steam tug WILLIAM C.... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10337
42. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) and the 1920's/30's built former mussel dredge ROA are away on the first... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10340
43. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The preserved steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) makes a stirring sight as she churns past the finish line off the end of... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10342
44. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. The 1917-built SIERRA, used as a workers ferry during the Auckland Harbour Bridge construction in the 1950's, Ports of Auckland's latest tug... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10343
45. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. It's full power on as the competitors cross the start line. The free-for-all race sees tugs and towboats, new and old and of all shapes and... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10350
46. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345), BIG BUD (left) and MAHIA (1970/34grt) take a breather moments after crossing the finish line.
Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10318
47. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. Her eighth appearance in the race, STERLING leads Thomson Towboats' MAHIA, the vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345)... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10326
48. 2016 AUCKLAND ANNIVERSARY DAY REGATTA TUG AND TOWBOAT RACE. STRATHALLAN (nearest camera), RONAKI (blue), STERLING (mostly obscured), WAKA KUME (2000/338grt/IMO 9212084) and WILLIAM C. DALDY... Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10346
49. WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) - the preserved steam tug and "Grand Old Lady of the Waitemata Harbour" lets rip on her ships steam whistle. Date: 1 February 2016 Image ID 10351
50. Ports of Auckland's tug DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) assists the preserved vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) back to her berth after a program of routine maintenance in... Date: 28 August 2015 Image ID 10173
51. Ports of Auckland's tug DALDY (1977/226grt/IMO 7519127) assists the preserved vintage steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345) back to her berth after a program of routine maintenance in... Date: 28 August 2015 Image ID 10174
