SS Waihora (1882)
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: |
Waihora (1882-1906) Lysholt (1906-1911) |
| Owner: |
Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (1882-1903) Koe Guan Company (1903-1906) Diedrichsen & Jebsen & Company H. Diedrichsen (1909-1911) |
| Builder: | William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton |
| Yard number: | 264 |
| Launched: | 25 November 1882 |
| Fate: | Scrapped in 1911 |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,003 gross tons, 1269nrt |
| Length: | 285 ft (87 m)[1] |
| Beam: | 36.2 ft (11.0 m) |
| Propulsion: | Steam compound engine |
SS Waihora was a 2,003 ton passenger cargo steamship built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1882 for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
Waihora stuck a rock of the coast of Tasmania in February 1886 and was holed.[2] She was sold subsequently to Koe Guan Company, Penang in 1903, to Diedrichsen & Jebsen & Company, Hamburg in 1906 and renamed Lysholt and later to H. Diedrichsen, Hamburg in 1909.
Fate
She was broken up at Shanghai in 1911.
Notes
- ↑ "SS Waihora (1882)". Clyde built ships. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
- ↑ "The accident to the Waihora". The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 20 February 1886. p.14. Retrieved 18 October 2011.