TARANAKI

TARANAKI WAS BUILT IN 1877 BY DUNCAN & CO IN PORT GLASGOW FOR JAMES GALBRAITH ( SENIOR PARTNER OF THE ALBION LINE )  SHE WAS A VESSEL OF  1,193 TONS AND HAD BEEN  REGISTERED IN GLASGOW.

SHE WAS  SOLD TO JOHN LESLIE AND PARTNERS IN ABOUT 1879.

SHE WAS  CHARTERED TO SHAW SAVILL.AND REGULARLY TRADED DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND USUALLY DOWN TO DUNEDIN BUT SHE DID MAKE VOYAGES TO WELLINGTON LYTTELTON AND TIMARU

IN 1910 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY ( RETAINING THE SAME NAME )

SHE WAS A CHARTERED VESSEL AND WAS  NEVER OWNED BY SHAW SAVILL - THERE ARE SOME SOURCES WHICH CLAIM SHE WAS AT ONE STAGE A SHAW SAVILL OWNED VESSEL BUT THIS WAS NOT THE CASE