Horseshoe run

This article is about the 19th-century steam ship route. For the World War II flying boat route, see Horseshoe route.

The Horseshoe run of the Union Steam Ship Company carried passengers and cargo between Australian and New Zealand ports in the late 19th century. Several ships were used from 1882 for about 15 years: the Hauroto, Manapouri, Tarawera, and Wairarapa:[1]

Sailing from Port Chalmers, she (the Hauroto) made calls at Lyttelton, Wellington, Napier, Gisborne and Auckland; also at Opua for bunkers (ie coal) en route to Sydney, returning via the same ports to Port Chalmers then continuing on to Bluff, Hobart, and Melbourne, then returning to Port Chalmers. After a few years all the North Island ports except Wellington were omitted.

In the early 1890s there was a battle between the Union Co and Huddart Parker on various Australasian routes including the Melbourne-Hobart route, with undercutting by cheap fares and steamers shadowing each other from port to port.[2]

References

  1. ↑ McLauchlan, Gordon (1987). The Line that Dared. Auckland: Four Star Books. p. 28.
  2. ↑ McLean, Gavin (1990). The Southern Octopus. New Zealand Ship and Marine Society & Wellington Maritime Museum. pp. 49–66.
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