- Cruise/Passenger ships (inc aboard)

1. AUSTRALIS (1940/26484grt/IMO 5014123, ex-USS. AMERICA, WEST POINT. Renamed ITALIS, NOGA, ALFERDOSS, AMERICAN STAR) arriving Auckland, New Zealand for the final time. As AMERICAN STAR and under tow to...
Date: 20 December 977
Image ID 1309

2. DUNNOTTAR CASTLE (1936/14583grt/IMO 5379717. Renamed VICTORIA, THE VICTORIA, PRINCESA VICTORIA and lastly VICTORIA 1 for her pre-scapping voyage to Alang in 2004) - Allied troops crowd the decks of...
Date: 1943
Image ID 1066

3. Morning arrival for New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITANE at Papeete, Tahiti. She is homeward bound from Wellington, NZ for the UK - Tahiti was a regular stop on both the outward and homeward...
Date: 2 August 1962
Image ID 8195

4. Lazy days in the Pacific approaching Panama on the RANGITANE, homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand. There is a game of deck tennis in progress. Many will be having an afternoon rest away from...
Date: 15 August 1962
Image ID 8197

5. Lazy days in the Pacific approaching Panama on the RANGITANE, homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand. A view from the docking bridge aft, where some of the crew would enjoy the sun. The...
Date: 15 August 1962
Image ID 8198

6. New Zealand Shipping Company's passenger ship RANGITANE approaching Gatun Locks on the Panama Canal. She is homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand and the locks will take her down to the...
Date: 17 August 1962
Image ID 7188

7. RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR Number 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) at Circular Quay, Sydney, during her cruise to Australia for the 1963 Melbourne Cup.
Date: 2 November 1963
Image ID 7415

8. New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR Number 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) departing Glasgow Quay, Wellington for UK
Date: 29 November 1963
Image ID 2912

9. RANGITOTO (renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) departing Wellington for UK. The masts of ZLW Wellington Radio Station are visible on Tinakori Hill. MAORI and HMNZS LACHLAN to be seen against the wharves.
Date: 29 November 1963
Image ID 2913

10. New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/IMO 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL) homeward bound in Gatun Locks, Panama Canal.
Date: 19 December 1963
Image ID 3522

11. New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITANE (1949/21,867grt/LRNumber 5290167. Later renamed JAN then ORIENTAL ESMERALDA) berthed at Balboa in the early evening, en route for New Zealand. Photograph taken...
Date: 13 Feb 1964
Image ID 2991

12. ORIANA (1960/41923grt/IMO 5264742) berthing in Auckland, New Zealand assisted by Auckland Harbour Board tugs AUCKLANDER (1958/454grt/IMO 5030373. Renamed TAPUHI 2 and as of 2018, looking nothing like...
Date: 7 Mar 1964
Image ID 1161

13. RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR No.5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL.) at Papeete, Tahiti, homeward bound from New Zealand for the UK.
Date: 17 April 1964
Image ID 3524

14. ELLINIS (1933/24315grt/IMO 5423790, ex-LURLINE) makes an early morning departure from Papeete, Tahiti. ELLINIS was scrapped in Taiwan in 1986.
Date: 17 May 1964
Image ID 4806

15. Crossing the Line Ceremony on REMUERA (1948/13,619grt/LR No. 5292878). REMUERA was formerly Cunard's PARTHIA and she became the ARAMAC.
Date: 18 July 1964
Image ID 3523

16. GUGLIELMO MARCONI (1963/27905grt/IMO 5137391. Renamed COSTA RIVIERA in 1984, AMERICAN ADVENTURE in 1993, COSTA RIVIERA and then LIBERTY in 2002 prior to scrapping) seen here arriving in Fremantle,...
Date: 15 February 1966
Image ID 4971

17. FLAVIA in Cogedar Line colours, leaving Fremantle. (1947/15465grt/IMO 5116139), ex MEDIA. Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA. Caught fire and burned in Hong Kong during a supposed refit. Declared a total loss.
Date: 2 May 1966
Image ID 5050

18. RANGITOTO (1949/21,809grt/LR Number 5290179. Sold to CY Tung in 1969 and renamed ORIENTAL CARNAVAL.) outward bound for New Zealand, passing Tilbury. Tug DHULIA (ON 300982) is alongside.
Date: 26 May 1967
Image ID 2992

19. QUEEN MARY (26 SEPT 1934/80774grt/ON 528793) berthed alongside the Ocean Terminal in Southampton, England just three months before her final Atlantic crossing on 16 September 1967.
Date: June 1967
Image ID 1604

20. QUEEN MARY (26 SEPT 1934/80774grt/ON 528793) berthed alongside the Ocean Terminal in Southampton, England just three months before her final Atlantic crossing on 16 September 1967.
Date: June 1967
Image ID 1605

21. QUEEN MARY (26 SEPT 1934/80774grt/ON 528793) - The first-class dining room showing the map of the North Atlantic by Macdonald Gill which pinpointed the respective true positions of QUEEN MARY and...
Date: June 1967
Image ID 2995

22. QUEEN MARY (26 SEPT 1934/80774grt/ON 528793) arriving in Southampton after an Atlantic crossing from New York, taken just three months before her final voyage on 16 September 1967.
Date: June 1967
Image ID 7421

23. FLAVIA (1947/15465grt/IMO 5116139, ex-MEDIA (Cunard). Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA) berthed in Southampton, UK astern of Sitmar Line's CASTEL FELICE (1931/12150grt/IMO 5065512, ex-KAREN, KENYA for British...
Date: 13 July 1967
Image ID 1248

24. FLAVIA (1947/15495grt/IMO 5116139, ex-MEDIA. Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA) - Starboard lifeboats and davits.
Date: 29 July 1967
Image ID 1250

25. FLAVIA (1947/15495grt/IMO 5116139, ex-MEDIA. Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA) - A view of immigrants to Australia/New Zealand relaxing on the Lido Deck en-route Balboa, Panama to Papeete, Tahiti. Mo-one could...
Date: 2 August 1967
Image ID 1251

26. FLAVIA (1947/15495grt/IMO 5116139, ex-MEDIA. Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA) - Me as a 13yr-old and an Australian boy enjoy a game of shuffleboard on the Lido Deck while the ship was en-route to Papeete,...
Date: 2 August 1967
Image ID 1252

27. NORTHERN STAR (1962/23983grt/IMO 5257543) berthed alongside the former Kings Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand. This area is now part of the Bledisloe Container Terminal. NORTHERN STAR was scrapped in...
Date: 1968
Image ID 1490

28. ORONSAY (1951/28790grt/IMO 5265617) berthed in Auckland, New Zealand. She was scrapped in 1974.
Date: 1968
Image ID 1534

29. CANBERRA (1961/44807grt/IMO 5059953) berthed at dusk in Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 1968
Image ID 7655

30. FLAVIA (1947/15495grt/IMO 5116139, ex-MEDIA. Renamed FLAVIAN, LAVIA) berthed in Auckland, NZ for the last time. Built as the Cunard cargo-liner MEDIA she was rebuilt into a then stunning ultra-modern...
Date: 14 October 1968
Image ID 1249

31. SHOTA RUSTAVELI (Шота Руставели, built 1968/20499grt/IMO 6707753. Renamed ASSEDO) assisted by the tug AUCKLANDER (1958, renamed TAPUHI 2 and as of 2018, looking nothing like her original...
Date: 10 November 1968
Image ID 1675

32. NORTHERN STAR (1962/23983grt/IMO 5257543) at left and CERAMIC (1948/15896grt/IMO 5067340), both of Shaw Savill and Albion's fleet, Auckland, New Zealand. The hydrofoil Manuwai can be seen at right....
Date: 1969
Image ID 1489

33. ORSOVA (1954/29091gt/LR No: 5265772) rounds North Head outbound from Auckland, New Zealand homeward-bound to the UK via Sydney, Australia. She was scrapped in 1974.
Date: 1970
Image ID 7413

34. AKAROA (1959/18565gt/IMO 5013648, ex-AMAZON. Renamed AKARITA in 1971, HUAL AKARITA in 1977. Reverted to AKARITA in 1980) - built as AMAZON by Harland and Wolff (Belfast) for Royal Mail Lines. As...
Date: 1970
Image ID 7455

35. STATENDAM (1957/24254grt/IMO 5339212. Renamed RHAPSODY, REGENT STAR, SEA HARMONY), on her final visit to Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 26 November 1970
Image ID 1723

36. ANGELINA LAURO (1939/24377grt/IMO 5264077, ex-ORANJE) sailing for the last time from Auckland, New Zealand. She caught fire in the US Virgin Islands in 1979 and was sold to Taiwanese breakers. She...
Date: 24 December 1970
Image ID 1262

37. ELLINIS (1933/24315grt/IMO 5423790, ex-LURLINE) departs Auckland, New Zealand assisted by the tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO 5390345). The commuter ferry KESTREL (1904/244grt) passes by in...
Date: 1971
Image ID 1395

38. ELLINIS (1933/24315grt/IMO 5423790, ex-LURLINE) sailing from Auckland, New Zealand. ELLINIS was scrapped in Taiwan in 1986.
Date: 1971
Image ID 7359

39. IBERIA (1954/29614grt/Official No: 186127/LR No. 5157781) - P&O's IBERIA berthed in Auckland, New Zealand. She was broken up in Kaohsiung in 1973.
Date: 1972
Image ID 1451

40. ARCADIA (1954/29734grt/IMO 5022065), P&O, arriving in Auckland, New Zealand at the end of Auckland's Anniversary Day Regatta. ARCADIA was scrapped in 1979.
Date: 29 January 1972
Image ID 1271

41. ARCADIA (1954/29734grt/IMO 5022065), P&O, arriving in Auckland, New Zealand in early evening summer sunshine. ARCADIA was scrapped in 1979.
Date: 29 January 1972
Image ID 1272

42. FAIRSTAR (1957/21619grt/IMO 5267732, ex- troopship OXFORDSHIRE. Renamed RIPA for the voyage to the demolition beaches) and the former Auckland Harbour Board steam tug WILLIAM C. DALDY (1935/348grt/IMO...
Date: 31 December 1972
Image ID 1420

43. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254, renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) berthed at Queens Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand. She caught fire and sank off Penang on 20 May 1999 during a cruise.
Date: 31 December 1972
Image ID 1442

44. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254. Renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) - The Olympia tourist-class lounge. She caught fire and sank off Penang on 20 May 1999.
Date: 31 December 1972
Image ID 2941

45. OCEAN MONARCH (1957/25971grt/LR Number 5290064, ex-EMPRESS OF ENGLAND. Renamed Ocean Monarch in 1970) of the famous Shaw Savill and Albion Line, seen berthed at Princes Wharf, Auckland, New Zealand.
Date: 1973
Image ID 1510

46. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254. Renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) - Mid-Tasman Sea en-route to Sydney, Australia from Auckland, New Zealand. She caught fire and sank off Penang on 20...
Date: 1 January 1973
Image ID 2938

47. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254. Renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) - Mid-Tasman Sea en-route from Auckland, New Zealand to Sydney, Australia. She caught fire and sank off Penang on 20...
Date: 1 January 1973
Image ID 2939

48. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254. Renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) - Soaking up the sun in mid-Tasman Sea en-route to Sydney, Australia from Auckland, New Zealand. She caught fire and...
Date: 1 January 1973
Image ID 2940

49. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254. Renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) - Two boys enjoy the waterslide into the main swimming pool. Sailing as SUNVISTA she caught fire and sank off Penang...
Date: 1 January 1973
Image ID 2942

50. OCEAN MONARCH (1957/25971grt/LR Number 5290064, ex-EMPRESS OF ENGLAND) berthed in Sydney, Australia as passengers make their way back to the ship from Circular Quay.
Date: January 1973
Image ID 7393

51. GALILEO GALILEI (1963/27906grt/IMO 5411254. Renamed GALILEO, MERIDIAN, SUN VISTA) - Mid-Tasman Sea en-route to Sydney, Australia from Auckland, New Zealand. She caught fire and sank off Penang on 20...
Date: 1 January 1973
Image ID 7657