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Captain Adair commanded the Lurline 1878-1884

Captain George Adams commanded the Peter Denny 1865 - 1874

Captain J. T. Adams commanded the Soukar 1874 - 1876, Hurunui 1877,  Wairoa 1878-1881

Evening Post, The Evening Post 21 December 1912, Page 7
Captain Joseph Tyndall Adams, in the earlier days well known in New Zealand shipping circles, died at the Taita this morning. Captain Adams, who was Born in L6ndon in 1842, went to sea at an early age in the ship Norfolk, and after a few years at sea, while still a young man, he reached the position of chief officer of the s.s. Soukar— one of the last vessels to carry passengers Home from India round" the Cape of Good Hope. Shortly after the Soukar left India on his first voyage the captain died, and Mr. Adams, who was then only about 23 years of age, navigated her to England, and on arrival was given the command. He served in the Indian trade for some years, and when the Soukar was purchased by the Shaw Savill Company Captain Adams came to New Zealand in her. That was in the early 70s. He commanded the Soukar for ten years, and shortly after the New Zealand Shipping Company was formed he transferred his services and was given command of the Hurunui, on her second voyage, in 1876. He afterwards commanded the Wairoa, in which he made a number of voyages to Wellington, and the Wanganui. When the latter vessel was sold, in 1888, Captain Adams settled down at the Taita, where he has lived quietly ever since. He was married twice. He leaves three sons (the eldest being Mr. E. C. Adams, of the Union Company, Wellington), and two daughters by his first wife, and four sons by his second wife, who survives him.

Captain Adams commanded the Wanganui 1883-1886

Captain Alexander commanded the Prince of Wales 1842

Captain Alexander commanded the Duke of Portland 1852 to Lyttelton

Captain Alexander commanded the Roselyn Castle 1871

Captain Alexander commanded the Glenhuntly 1872

Captain Allan in command of the Clontarf 1859

Captain J. Allan commanded the Ballarat 1864 -1869

Captain Alsop commanded the Asterion 1889

Captain Alsop commanded the Hermione 1899 -1904

Otago Witness 3 March 1898
Death: ANDERSON - On the 24th Feb., at the hospital, Captain John J. Anderson (late s.s. Waikare); aged 57 years.

Captain Anderson commanded the Thurland Castle 1874. Had formerly been chief officer of the Dallam Towers

Captain Anderson commanded the Agnes Muir 1872-1874

Captain Anderson commanded the Canterbury 1875

Captain Andrews commanded the Pareora 1875

Otago Witness 17 April 1901 pg 69
Capt. Arthur F. Anthony - USSCo.
Born in London in 1862 and went to sea in 1876. Nearly 11 years on the s.s. Tarawera, ten years of this period under Capt. W.C. Sinclair. He joined the company as fourth officer and before he had left had command of the Rotokini, Dingadee, Pukaki and the last two years the Kawatira, in the W.C. Tasmanian trade.

Captain William Ashby. Claimed to have carried more passengers to New Zealand than any other commander. He considered his passengers, and did everything to make them comfortable.  He retired from the sea in 1872 and appointed the first Marine Superintendent in London for the newly formed New Zealand Shipping Company. After the death of his first wife, who generally travelled with him, he married the widow of Mr J.N. Crombie, a photographer in Queen St. Auckland during the sixties. Commanded the Mary Ann in 1858, the Maori, Siam 1865 till 1868, City of Auckland until 1870 - 1872. He had a £5000 interest in the City of Auckland.  One of the cadets on board the Marlborough when she went missing on her homeward journey from Lyttelton in 1890 was the stepson of Captain William Ashby. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg19

Captain Atkin commanded the Queen of the Mersey 1862 - 1863

Captain Atkin commanded the Columbus 1870s

Captain Auld commanded the Famenoth 18774-1883

Captain Ayling commanded the Miltiades 1890

Captain Ayles commanded the Waimea 1874

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Captain Edwin S. Babot went to sea as an apprentice in 1846. He first came to NZ as chief officer of the Wild Duck, and made two voyages in that ship under Captain Bishop. He came out to Auckland as master of the ship Maori and to Lyttelton in 1864 as commander of the William Miles. He was in command of the Water Nymph when she was driven ashore at Oamaru in 1867. He took command of the Hydaspes. until she sunk in 1878 in the English Channel.  He then commanded the Northumberland to Wellington. Upon his return to London was appointed marine superintendent for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Co. In 1884 he arrived in Wellington and occupied a similar position in NZ. He died in Wellington about 1920. photo WW pg 96,  Vol. 1.

Captain Bailey commanded the Parsee 1883

Captain Baillie in command of the Wild Duck 1871 - 1873

Captain Banks in command of the Euterpe1881, 1895 & 1896. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 127

Captain Banks commanded the Rakaia 1888

Captain Barclay commanded the Sir Edward Paget 1850

Captain A.W. Barclay in command of the Clontarf 1860

Captain Barclay commanded the Northampton 1874

Captain Barclay command the Orari 1881

Captain Barclay commanded the Hurunui 1881

Captain Barclay command the Wairoa 1882

Captain Barnett commanded the Cashmere 1863

Captain Barnett commanded the Matoaka 1865

Captain Barrett commanded the Saint Vincent.  Transferred to the South Australian.

Captain James Barrow commanded the Saint Vincent 1st January 1869. Mr Stringer first officer. Total wreck at Wellington. Two survivors.

Captain Bate commanded the Zealandia1891- 1901. He had previously commanded the Langstone 1894-1895.

Captain Baxter commanded the Waipa 1882-1883

Captain Beaven commanded the Oxford 1874

Captain Bennett commanded the Loch Tay. He was third mate on the Nimroud to Auckland in 1864 under Captain Oughton. He left her to serve in the Maori War, sent to the front lines, was wounded a fortnight later, and recovered before the ship left, and re-joined the ship as he was not fit for duty. He first came out as an apprentice in 1861 to Wellington in the Albermarle. Later Bennett joined the Loch line as mate of the Clanranald and then the Loch Rannoch. He retired from the sea in 1892. In command of the Loch Vennachar in 72, 75.

Captain Charles George Best, was chief officer on the Ida Zeigler and later harbour master at Tauranga and the Thames.

Captain Bidwell commanded the Merwanjee Framjee 1863 and on.

Captain Birdie in command of the Rob Roy 1860.

Captain Thomas Bishop command the Halcione on her maiden voyage 1869- 1873. He made some fifteen voyages to Wellington  previously in the Wild Duck 1860 - 1869. Commanded the Avalanche in 1875 when she sank.

Daily Southern Cross, 25 April 1876, Page 2 Death.
BISHOP — On January 31, at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, dearly loved and deeply mourned, Captain Thomas Bishop, late master of the New Zealand Line Passenger Ships 'Wild Duck' 'Halcione' and 'Avalanche'; aged __ .

Captain Black command the City of Glasgow 1874

Captain Black commanded the Loch Dee 1877-1882

Captain Tom Boiling had been in service of the Shaw and Savill Company for many years, in command of the Akaroa 1882-1886, and Invercargill 1892- 1905, was a fearless and experienced sailor. He remained in the Invercargill until she was sold in 1905. At this time he had been 50 years at sea and eventually came out to the Dominion and settled in Christchurch. He was chief officer on the St. Leonard's under Capt. Petherbridge to Auckland in 1873 and Mr McDonald was the second officer, and he as the one on the Ben Venue when she wrecked at Timaru, and was one of the three survivors of the Cospatrick.

Captain Boorman was in command of the Halcione when she was wrecked when attempting too enter Wellington January 8 1896. He had previously been in command of the Lady Jocelyn 1882, Lyttelton 1886, Euterpe, Akaroa and Oamaru 1889.

Captain Boorman commanded the Halcione 1892 -1894

Captain J Bone. Made 52 voyages to New Zealand. Said a sailor's life is not all beer and skittles. He was an apprentice on the City of Auckland under Captain Ashby in 1870. Four years later he joined the NZ Shipping Company as third officer - his first appointment as an officer. He was first of the company's trained men to be in command both of sail and steam. He made two voyages with the Rakaia then on the Ionic, and transferred to the Tongariro, after three voyages took command, Captain Hallet being transferred to the Rimutaka.  He made 26 voyages in the Tongariro and then took command of the Ruahine.  He completed 18 voyages in this ship.  and was then appointed marine superintendent for the company in Christchurch for three years then moved to Wellington.  He resigned at the end of 1924 after 50 years of service. Mr Massey has known him since 1870 as he came out to NZ on City of Auckland. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 288

Captain Thomas "Tom" Bowling had been in the service of the Shaw Savill Company for many years in command of the Akaroa 1882-1885 took command of the Invercargill 1892-1899 relieving Captain Muir 1876-1891. Tom was chief officer on the St. Leonards 1873 voyage to Auckland under Captain Pertherbridge. Captain Tom Bowling of the Adamant 1877-1881. His brother, Mr William Bowling, was the chief mate, of the Avalanche when she sank in 1877.

Captain Bowling commanded the Glenlora 1884

Captain Harry Bowling was in command when the Trevelyan was reported missing in 1888. Harry was the younger brother to Captain Tom Bowling.

Captain Tom Bowling in command of the Invercargill 1892-1899

Captain Boyd commanded the Pladda 1862

Captain Boyd commanded the Robert Henderson  1867

Captain W.B. Boyd. Commanded the Piako 1878-1888. He was the chief officer on the Loch Awe to Auckland. The Hurunui 1875. He commanded the Rangitiki for one voyage. Later he was appointed agent in Dunedin for the New Zealand Shipping Company and after many years of service left for England and died there on April 9 1899.

Captain Braddick commanded the Countess of Kintore 1873 - 1875

Captain Braddie Nov. 1872 The 'Countess of Zintore' sails for London, on the 7th November, under command of Captain Braddie, late chief officer 'Hydaspes,' Captain Reynolds having resigned through ill-health.

Captain Braddock commanded the Oxford 1881 - 1883

Captain Bristow commanded the Norwood to Auckland in 1861 - 1866

Captain James Broadhouse commanded the Antiope 1919. Formerly chief officer on the Canterbury with Captain Collingwood. He was also second officer on the Zealandia under Captain Bate.

Captain Brown commanded the Donna Anita 1867 - he died at the Equator, and his wife and child were put on a passing  ship and returned to England

Captain W. Brown commanded the Helenslee 1864-1868

Captain Brown commanded the Christian McCausland 1870

Captain Brown commanded the Chaudiere 1874

Captain Brown commanded the Hannibal 1875 to Nelson

Captain A. Brown command the Mataura 1877 - 1881

Captain Brown commanded the Forfarshire 1879-1883

Captain Brown command the Waitara 1882-1883. Sunk in the English Channel. Collided with the Hurnuni in 1883.

Captain Langlands and Captain Buchan in command of the earlier Timaru 1865-1869 made five visits to Port Chalmers.

Captain Budd commanded the Fernglen 1880 - 1881

Captain Budd commanded the Rangitiki 1891-1896

Captain Bongard commanded the Pareora 1885

Captain Bungard command the Wairoa 1887 - 1890

Captain B. Bruce in command of the Glentanner 1857

Captain Burgess commanded the Alice 1874-1875

Captain Burch commanded the Chile  1872

Captain Thomas L. Burch commanded the Queen Bee 1873 - 1875 then took command of the Adamant. Captain Burch commanded the Adamant 1875. He was given to drink. Died six weeks before the vessel reached Bluff in 175. Buried at sea.

Captain Burton commanded the Asterion 1890

Captain Burton was in command of the Jessie Readman when she wrecked on the Chathams  in 1893.

Captain Burton commanded the Crusader 1894 - 1897

Captain Butt living in Auckland in 1878. His son at the age of 14 drowned when the Schiehallion was wreck.

Captain Byron commanded the Cashmere 1859

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Captain Warren Frederick Caborne command the Waitara 1876 - 1877. Died suddenly July 14 1924 at Toppington Hall, Shropshire.

Captain Campbell commanded the James Nicol Fleming 1876

Captain Campbell commanded the Dallam Tower 1875

Captain Campbell commanded the Antiope 1917

Captain Carden commanded the Bebington 1881

Captain Carden commanded the Margaret Galbraith 1884 -1892

Captain Carden commanded the Soukar 1896

Captain Canese commanded the Waimea 1883-1885

Captain F. Canese commanded the Waimate 1886-1891

Captain Canese commanded the Hermione 1893 -1897

Captain Canese commanded the Wellington 1897

Captain Caney commanded the Josephine Willis 1854-56. Collision in the Channel, 70 lives lost including the Captain.

 Captain Cann commanded the Loch Fergus 1876-1879

Captain Carnell commanded the Helen Denny 1890 - 1893

Captain Carruthers commanded the Coronilla 1885

Captain Carey commanded the Norman Castle 1873-1874

Captain Caroline commanded the Mary Shepherd 1873

Captain G. Case commanded the Salisbury 1876

Captain Casey owner of the p.s. Lady Bowen 1874, Auckland

Captain Cass in command of the Caduces 1859-1860

Captain J Catnach commanded the Warrior 1865

Captain Catnach commanded the Warrior Queen 1866

Captain Cawse commanded the Ocean Mail 1875 to Auckland

Captain  Cawse commanded the Cariolanus 1879 - 1880

 Captain Cawse commanded the Western Monarch 1887

Captain Chamberlain commanded the Don 1902 to Wellington

Captain Chambers commanded the Ulcoats 1864 - 1865

Captain Chapman commanded the Sir Edward Paget 1853

Captain Chapman commanded the Queen of Beauty 1863

Captain Chapman command the Carnatic, 871 tons built in 1867, 1875. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 276

Captain Chapman command the Mataura 1894

Otago Witness December 26 1900 page 54
The Union Steam Ship Company's Monowai, Captain H.W.H. Chatfield, with passengers and cargo from Melbourne via Hobart and the Bluff, arrived at Port Chalmers early on Thursday morning, and after awaiting high tide, steamed up to Dunedin. She left Melbourne at 5.30 p.m on the 12th inst. She left Sydney on Thursday afternoon.

Captain Clachie commanded the Loch Fleet 1880 - 1881

Captain Chachrie commanded the Loch Fergus 1887

Captain Christie command the Accrington 1863

Captain Clare commanded the Northampton 1877

Captain Clark commanded the Chariot of Fame1864

Captain Clark commanded the Tauton 1875

Captain Hugh Clarke commanded the Blue Jacket 1859

Captain Cleary commanded the Helenslee 1872

Captain H.C. Cleaver command the Captain Cook 1863

Captain Clyma commanded the Caroline 1874

Captain Cochrane commanded the Tauton 1874

Captain Cochrane commanded the Loch Fleet 1882

Captain Collingwood commanded the Asterion 1883-1888. Photo WW Vol1. pg 226

Captain Collingwood commanded the Forfarshire 1890

Captain Collingwood commanded the Margaret Galbraith 1895 - 1896

Captain Collingwood commanded the Canterbury 1898 - 1902, had been transferred from the Margaret Galbraith

Captain Colville commanded the barque Hudson 1879

Captain Colville commanded the May Queen 1880 - 1888

Captain Colville commanded the Blenheim was the Wanganui, re-named. 1891-1899

Captain Congalton commanded the Robert Lowe 1860

Captain Coot commanded the Mary Shepherd 1866 - 1867

Captain Thomas Cornwall, commanded the Royal Stuart 1855, 1862, 1864

Captain Cornwall, R.N.R. commanded the Pegasus 1865 - 1866

Captain Cottier commanded the Rangitiki 1885

Captain Coster commanded the Portland 1869. Took over from Captain Smith in Auckland.

Captain Cow commanded the Himalaya 1866 -1867

Captain Cowan commanded the 1050 ton  Dauntless 1863

Captain Cowan, master of the Wellington when she first launched in 1875 to 1893. He made 19 voyages to NZ Before taking over he commanded the Wild Deer, Helenlee 1871.  and Margaret Galbraith 1873, and other ships running to the Dominion. Photo WW Vol. 1. pg 50

Captain Cowell command the Waitara 1879 - 1880

Captain Craighead commanded the Ballarat 1867

Captain  Harry Cracroft commanded the Hurunui 1881 - 1892

Captain Cracroft commanded the Rakaia 1890

Captain Crawford commanded the Janet Court 1874

Captain Crispin commanded the Allahabad 1873

Captain Croker commanded the Halcione 1874 - 1877

Captain Croker commanded the Langstone 1878

Captain Crocker commanded the Soukar 1879 - 1889

Captain Croker commanded the Weathersfield 1896

Otago Witness, 13 June 1906, Page 65
An Eketahuna message states that Captain Crone an old colonist, aged 74, died on the 5th it. Dec. was captain of the vessel which brought the first diggers to Otago goldfields. He was afterwards a lighthousekeeper.

Captain Crowell commanded the Sam Mendel 1881

Captain Cruickshank command the Mataura 1884 - 1886

Captain Culbert commanded the Star of Tasmania 1862 -1867. Was in command when she wrecked at Oamaru.

Captain Culbert commanded the Chile  1869-1870

Captain J. Culbert commanded the Robert Henderson  1871-1872

Captain Andrew Culbert, a Scotsman, in command of the Dover Castle in  1875. He was accompanied by his wife and a child was born on Dover Castle on a homeward voyage from Bolivia. He was named William and when grown followed the sea and later commanded several ships sailing out to New Zealand. Subsequently in 1905 he was second officer on the Shaw Savill and Co.'s Kumara.

Captain Culbert commanded the Himalaya 1880 -1885

Captain Culbert commanded the Pleione 1886 - 1888

Captain Culbert commanded the Akaroa 1890

Captain Culbert commanded the Canterbury 1891-1898

Captain Culbert commanded the Margaret Galbraith 1900

Captain Cumming commanded the Loch Fergus 1881

Captain Cummings commanded the Loch Doon 1880

Captain Cummings commanded the Sam Mendel 1880

Captain Cumming commanded the Loch Bredan 1886 to Auckland

Captain Cumming commanded the Prince of Wales 1889, formerly a White Star Line officer.

Captain Cummins commanded the Loch Ken 1879

Captain Curry commanded the City of Dunedin 1870 - 1872

Captain Curthoys commanded the Chile  1863-1864

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Captain F.S. Dalison commanded the Helvellyn 1863

Captain Dalrymple commanded the Queen of the West 1877

Captain Danvers commanded the Countess of Seafield 1864

Captain Darke in command of the Blairgowrie 1875 to Lyttelton

Captain Lewis Davies of Cardiganshire, a maritime county of south Wales, was in command of the Cardigan Castle to Lyttelton in 1873 and 1876.  

Captain Llewellyn Davies of Newport was master of the "Pleiades" 1875-76 and the "Crusader" 1876-83, both sailing to Australian and NZ waters. There is good evidence that he broke the record for sail (67 days) when Master of the "Crusader" to London from Lyttelton in 1877.

Captain Davies commanded the Dunloe 1880 to Auckland

Captain Davies commanded the Pudsey Dawson 1854 to Wellington

Captain Davis commanded the Don Anita 1865 and the Tiptree 1864 both to Lyttelton.

Captain John Sayes Davis was in command of Queen Bee when she wrecked at Cape Farewell 1877.  The captain's certificate was suspended for three years and the second mate's for two years. Had held a master's certificate for seventeen years. Captain John Sayers Davis in command of the Dallam Towers in 1873 when she was under jury rig.

Captain W. Davis commanded the Cornwall 1848

Captain Davis commanded the Caroline 1880

Captain Davis commanded the Coronilla 1881

Captain Davis  (Davies) commanded the Deva 1888

Captain Dent commanded the Queen Bee 1871

Captain de Steiger commanded the Hinemoa 1892

Captain Devitt commanded the Waimea 1876

Captain Devitt command the Otaki 1877 -1881. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 265

Captain Dice commanded the Queen of the North 1874

Captain Dixon commanded the Monarch 1854 to Auckland

Captain A. Donaldson commanded the Eastern Monarch 1874

Captain Donaldson commanded the Gareloch 1881 - 1883

Captain Donaldson commanded the Pareora 1883

Captain Donaldson commanded the Hurunui 1886-1887

Captain Duncan commanded the Christian McCausland 1874

Captain Dunlop commanded the Pladda 1861

Captain Dunlop commanded the Surat in 1864 to Auckland

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Captain Edmonds commanded the Nimroud 1862-3

Captain R. Edmonds commanded the Baron Aberdare 1875

Captain Edwards commanded the Routenbeck 1887

Captain Eldsen, R.N.R. commanded the Hereford 1874 to Lyttelton

Captain Ellis commanded the Empress 1863

Captain A. Elmslie in command of the Cospatrick when she burned at sea in 1874.

Captain Embry commanded the Ironsides 1882

Captain Emmett commanded the Dunbritton 1880 to Port Chalmers

Captain Emmett command the Algoa Bay 1881 to Wellington

Captain Esson commanded the Columbus after Captain Atkin

Captain Evans command the Rhea Sylvia 1861 to Lyttelton

Captain H. Evans commanded the Light Brigade 1864- 1868

Captain Evans commanded the Taranaki 1894-1899

Captain Everett commanded the Crownthorpe 1876 -1885

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Captain Falconer command the Jessie Osborne 1876 Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 278

Captain Falconer commanded the Otago 1882.

Captain Fauckner commanded the Warwick 1883

Captain Farquhar commanded the Thames steamer Rotomahana 1883

Captain Featherstonhaugh commanded the Chapman 1865

Captain Fenton commanded the Aboukir 1875

Captain Fergusson commanded the Margaret Galbraith 1877-1882

Captain Fergusson commanded the Langstone 1879-1882

Captain Findlay command the Piako 1883

Captain Fletcher command the Grasmere 1897

Captain H.J. Fletcher commanded the Pitcairn Island 1906

Captain Foote command the Gladys in 1902 to Wellington.

Captain Foote commanded the Asterion 1891-1898

Captain Foreman command the Invererne 1874-75

Captain Forsdick commanded the Rakaia 1886 - 1887

Captain Forsdick commanded the Waipa 1887-1891

Captain Forsdick commanded the Waitangi 1893 - 1894

Captain Forsdock commanded the Rangitiki 1897-1898

Captain Foster commanded the Joseph Fletcher 1852-1854

Captain Foster in command of the first Zealandia 1858-1865

Captain Fowler commanded the Rakaia 1885

Captain Fowler command the Orari 1900

Captain James Fox commanded the Charlotte Gladstone 1870 and 1871. He first came out to NZ as the chief officer on the British Trident when she arrived at Auckland in 1864. Captain J. Fox commanded the England for several years 1867.

Captain Fox commanded the Forfarshire 1873

Captain J. Fox commanded the Rangitiki 1875

Captain Fox command the Orari 1875-1876

Captain Fox command the Wairoa 1891 - 1894

Captain Walter Frater commanded the Fernglen for six voyage. Retired from the sea in 1879. At about age 12 he ran away from home and joined a ship sailing for Calcutta, and returned six months later. His father had the lad properly indentured but an error was made in entering his name Fraser instead of Frater, with the result that throughout his seafaring career he was known as Captain Fraser. He received a mate's certificate at age 26. He made two voyages in the Ferndale to NZ.  He lived to be 87. Passed away at his residence at Parnell on June 21 1924.

Captain Freebody commanded the Carisbrooke Castle 1874 - 1875

Captain French commanded the Queen of the Deep 1864

Captain Friston commanded the Himalaya 1873 -1874

Captain Fullerton command the Aldegrove 1875 to Port Chalmers

Captain Duncan Fullerton in command of the Timaru 1881-1892

Captain Fullarton commanded the Crusader 1893

Captain Fullerton in command of the Oamaru 1894-1900

Captain Thomas Funnell commanded the Ganges 1863-1865

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Captain Gale commanded the James Nicol Fleming 1875

Captain Gamble commanded the Dunfillan 1870

Captain Gasson commanded the barque Hudson 1895-1897

Captain Gedge commanded the Celaeno 1874

Captain Gibbons commanded the 1100 tons Victory 1863-1866

Captain Gibbons commanded the Lurline 1887 to Auckland. Capt. fell ill. Mr Laws took over.

Captain J. Gibson commanded the Midlothian 1851 to Lyttelton

Captain Gibson commanded the Egmont 1854-1860

Captain Gibson commanded the Jessie Readman 1879-1890

Captain Gilbert commanded the Queen of the Avon 1859

Captain Glazebrook commanded the Alastor 1858

Captain Gordon commanded the Taranaki 1877-1890

Captain Gorn command the Mataura 1875 - 1876

Captain Gorn commanded the Waipa 1880-1881

Captain Gourlay commanded the Oban Bay 1891

Captain John Graham commanded the Robina Dunlop in 1876 - 1877 to Auckland

Captain Grant commanded the Adamant 1885-1893

Captain Grant commanded the Ballarat 1872

Captain Greenstreet command the Mataura 1882 - 1883. Photo WW Vol.1 pg 269

Captain Greenwood commanded the Gareloch 1875

Captain Greeves commanded the Howrah in 1874 - 1875

Captain Gregory commanded the Willis, Gunn and Co. 579 ton Victory 1863

Captain  Gregory commanded the Hindostan 1875

Captain Grieve commanded the City of Cashmere 1876-1879

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Captain Haigh commanded the Laira 1898

Captain Hall commanded the Berar 1865

Captain W. Hall commanded the City of Dublin 1874 to Port Chalmers

Captain  Harland commanded the Buckinghamshire 1874

Captain Harland commanded the Chapman 1856

Captain Hamon commanded the Opawa 1886 - 1891

Captain J.J. Hamon commanded the Turakina 1890 - 1896

Captain Hardy commanded the Conflict 1874- 1876.

Captain Hardy commanded the Caroline 1884 to Dunedin with 240 of the 300 passengers rescued from the Wild Deer a month earlier.

Captain Harrington commanded the England 1871-1872

Captain Harrison commanded the Nimroud 1860

Captain Haslam commanded the Waimea 1895

Captain Hazelwood commanded the Hurunui 1881-1884

Captain Hedley commanded the Thames 1851 to Auckland

Captain Hedley commanded the Ironsides 1867

Captain Heigho commanded the Berar 1874-1875

Captain Hendry commanded the Robert Henderson  1868-1869

Captain Hendry commanded the William Davie 1870-1871

Captain Hendry commanded the Coromandel 1878 -1884

Captain Herd commanded the Calypso 1879

Captain Hird commanded the Taranaki 1880-1883

Captain Herd commanded the Chile  1885

Captain Herd commanded the Lochnager 1886

Captain W. Herd was in command of the Marlborough when she was reported missing on the homeward journey in 1890. One of ten cadets on board was the stepson of Captain William Ashby.

Captain Hewer commanded the Janet Court 1890

Captain  Hewson commanded the Tythpnus 1883

Captain Hicks in command of the Lutterworth when the ballast shifted and she was thrown on her beam in Cook Strait in 1906. Mrs Hicks was a passenger showed remarkable courage. Captain A. Davies, of the Marine Department, Auckland was the mate.

Captain Hicks commanded the Don 1908 to Nelson

Captain Highman commanded the Adamant 1875

Captain Hill commanded the Himalaya 1890 -1895

Captain Hill commanded the Anazi 1875-1880

Captain Hills commanded the Sam Mendel 1874

Captain Hinks commanded the Norman Castle 1876

Captain Hodder commanded the Waikato 1874

Captain Holbeche command the Otaki 1881 - 1882

Captain Holbeche command the Wairoa 1883- 1886

Captain Holdcroft commanded the Weathersfield 1895

Captain Holder commanded the Waitangi 1876 -1880

Captain Holton in command of the Caduces 1865

Captain Holdritch commanded the Bebington 1876

Captain Holloway commanded the Star of India 1873-1874

Captain Holman commanded the Anazi 1873-1874

Captain Holt commanded the Devonshire 1862-1864

Captain Homer commanded the Asterope 1870-1872

Captain Hood in command of the Oamaru 1876

Captain Hopkins commanded the Star of Erin. Wrecked at Bluff Feb. 6  1891

Captain Houston commanded the England 1865

Captain Hoyle commanded the Euterpe 1884 - 1885

Captain Hughes commanded the Laira 1891

Captain Hurray commanded the Ben Venue 1878

Captain Hutchinson in command of the barque the Antares 1894

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Captain Inglis commanded the Ravenscraig to Nelson in 1861

Captain Inglis in command of the Excelsior in 1868

Captain Inglis commanded the Asterope 1869

Captain Inglis commanded the Siberia 1870 to Lyttelton

Captain Irving in command of the Excelsior in 1872. He died while the vessel was at Port Ahuriri, Napier, and was succeeded by his brother, who at the time was chief officer of the ship.

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Captain Jaffray commanded the Samuel Plimsol 1902

Captain Charles James  was for 31 years in the employ of the Shaw Savill and Albion Co., and was in command of their ships for over 25 years. He sailed the Auckland for twelve years 1889 -1901, the Helen Denny for five years 1883-1887, and the Westland for the last two voyages to the Dominion 1905 & 1906, and other ships. photo WW Vol. 1 pg 33.

Captain James command the Talbot 1864-1866

Captain James commanded the Helen Denny 1883 - 1887

Captain James commanded the Westland 1905 - 1906

Captain Jamieson commanded the Rakaia 1883

Captain Jamieson commanded the Waipa 1884-1885

Captain Jenkins commanded the Lady Jocelyn 1872-1881. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 43. found died in his cabin on a trip to Wellington

Captain Jeppson commanded the Asterion 1899

Captain Johnson commanded the Surat. Wreck New Years day at the Catlins in 1874. 

Captain Jones commanded the Forfarshire 1875

Captain Jones commanded the Loch Cree 1878-1884

Captain Jones commanded the Loch Fergus 1883- 1884

Captain Jones commanded the Loch Fleet 1886

Captain Joss command the Wairoa 1877

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Captain Keen command the Orari 1883 -1886

Captain Richard Kelly (born Appledore 1857) was master of the Halcione before he became master of the Westland.

Otago Witness Wednesday 26 December 1900 pg 54
Port Chalmers - Arrival
Dec. 18. Westland, ship, 1115 tons from Liverpool.
The ship Westland was towed up on the 18th inst., arriving at the lower end of the Rattray street wharf at 2 p.m. On this occasion she is in command of Captain Samuel, a gentleman well and favourably known here in connection with the ship of which some years past he has been chief officer. Captain Samuel assumed command on the occasion of the untimely death of our late lamented friend Captain Richard Kelly, which happened at sea on September 8. Prior to her departure from the Lancashire port Captain Kelly had been in very poor health, and finally after severe fits, he succumbed on September 8. Captain Kelly was comparatively a young man, being only 43 years of age when called away. He had been for some 25 years in the service of the S.S. and . Co., and during that time had commanded the barques Lutterworth, Halcion, and other vessels. He had also been in command of the Westland for several years. Captain Kelly leaves a wife with a numerous family to deplore their loss, and no doubt friends in every direction will avail themselves of the opportunity of marking their regret for the loss of so good a man. Captain Samuel, who is in command, has associated with him Mr Bluett as chief, and Mr McLeod as second officer, while the ship brings between 800 and 900 tons of general cargo for this port. She left Liverpool on August 16.

Captain Kelly was 25 years in the service of the Shaw Savill and Albion Co., seven years in the Westland. When the Westland was bound for Wellington, Captain Kelly died at sea, on September 8th 1900, and the ship was brought on by the chief officer Mr Samuel. Arrived in Wellington Nov. 29 1900.

Captain Kelly commanded the Lochnager 1873 -1878

Captain J. Kelly commanded the Dilpussund 1876

Captain Kelly commanded the Wave Queen 1879 -1887

Captain Kelly commanded the Halcione 1887 -1891

Captain Kelly commanded the Westland 1893 - 1900. On Sept. 8, 1900, bound for Wellington, Capt. Kelly died at sea, the ship brought on by the chief officer, Mr Samuel. Capt. Kelly had been seven years in the Westland and 35 years in the service of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company. Captain White, a partner in the firm Nearing and Co. Auckland, was for 12 years at sea in sailing vessels, was second officer and first mate on the Westland, and Captain Fox, of the same firm was apprenticed on the Westland, and later rose  to be second and chief officer of the ship.

Captain Kelly commanded the Akaroa 1899-1901

Captain A. Kemp commanded the barque Hudson 1887-1893

Captain Kennedy commanded the Jessie Readman 1878

Captain Kerr commanded the Mermaid 1860

Captain Robert W. Kerr, Lieutenant, R.N.R. command of the Lady Jocelyn when she was a troopship to Auckland Dec. 10 1863.

Captain Kerr command the Wild Deer.  He was the first mate on the Christian McCausland in 1873 to Auckland.

Captain Kerr commanded the Crusader 1871

Captain Kerr commanded the Waitangi 1875

Otago Witness Thursday 28 December 1893 page 15
Captain Kennedy came to the colony in 1854 as chief officer of the s.s. Nelson, and commanded in succession the Lady Grey, Wonga Wonga, Lord Ashley, Airedale, Easby, Taiaroa, Phoebe, Ladybird, Hawea, Hauroto, Rotomahana, and Flora. He has completed nearly 40 years of service in these waters.

Captain King commanded the Lancashire Witch 1867 and 1865 to Auckland. Dr Wills, father of the famous Australian explorer, came out as surgeon.

Captain Kirby commanded the Anne Longton 1857

Captain Knight commanded the Bebington 1874

Captain Knight commanded the England's Glory in 1876. Wrecked at Bluff 1881. Captain J. Bollons, who for a number of years has been in command of the Government steamer Tutanekai, was a seaman on England's Glory when she made her last passage.

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Captain Laing commanded the Agnes Muir 1869

Captain Langlands and Captain Buchan in command of the earlier Timaru 1865-1869 made five visits to Port Chalmers.

Captain Langlands commanded the Aboukir 1870

Captain Langlands commanded the Shun Lee 1871

Captain Large commanded the Glenhuntly 1871 and 1873

Captain Langly commanded the Simoon 1862 to Port Chalmers

Captain Laws commanded the Lurline 1887 - 1888

Captain J.D. Le Conteur commanded the Isles of the South 1874 to Lyttelton

Captain  Le Couteur commanded the Scottish Lassie 1880

Captain Le Vesconte commanded the Glenlora 1875 - 1876

Captain Leeman commanded the Waitangi 1885 - 1890

Captain J. Lees in command of the Excelsior in 1869 - 1871. Captain Lee's brother was first mate.

Captain Leslie commanded the Queen Bee 1866-70. The Queen Bee was wrecked at Cape Farewell 1877

Captain Leslie commanded the May Queen 1870 - 1872

Captain James Leslie commanded the Calypso 1874 -1878. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 138.

Captain Leslie commanded the Otago 1874

Captain Leslie commanded the Canterbury 1875

Captain Leslie commanded the Border Chief 1876 to Lyttelton

Captain T.H. Lethbridge commanded the Messina 1862

Captain Levack commanded the Schiehallion to Auckland in 1878. She ran ashore on the way home.

Captain A. Lewis in command of the barque the Antares 1878- 1884

Captain Lindsay commanded the Lebu 1879

Captain Loftus commanded the Trevelyn 1874

Captain Loftus commanded the Queen Bee 1875

Captain P. Logan commanded the Robert Henderson  1860-1865

Captain Logan commanded the William Davie 1866-1868

Captain Logan commanded the James Nicol Fleming 1869 - 1873

Captain Longman commanded the Silver Eagle 1864

Captain Loryman commanded the Lancastria 1869

Captain J.R. Luckes command the War Spirit 1863 to Auckland

Captain McKenzie Luckie command the Michael Angelo 1865, 1875, found dead in his cabin from heart disease. The body was interred in the new cemetery at Nelson on 21st January 1875

Captain Lynch command the E.P. Bouverie 1868

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Captain Macauley commanded the Elizabeth Graham 1886

Captain Mackie commanded the Ben Nevis 1880 -1881

Captain Macy commanded the Monarch 1866 to Auckland

Captain Robert Mainland commanded the Loch Doon 1881 - 1882, subsequently transferred to the Loch Trool, to Dunedin and Wellington in 1902. He was for many years commodore skipper of D. and R. Sprout's fleet. When a boy  sailed in the Orkney coasting vessels.  When he got his certificate he became master of the Loch Doon holding command until 1884. Mr S. Mainland, a son, sailed with his father in the Loch Trool, but he left the ship in 1905 and settled in Stanley Bay, Devonport, Auckland.

Captain Mangus Sutherland Meredith

Captain Manson commanded the Killochan 1888

Captain Marshall commanded the Norman Castle 1872

Captain Thomas H. Martin commanded the Loch Fyne 1883

Captain Martin command the Mataura 1887-1890

Captain Martin commanded the Opawa 1893 - 1895

Captain Mather commanded the British Empire 1875 to Auckland

Captain Mathers commanded the Waimea 1878-1881

Captain Mathers commanded the Opawa 1882 - 1885 Was ailing. Jumped overboard twice. Died. The chief officer brought her on.

Captain Matthews in command of the Mystery 1859 to Lyttelton

Captain Joseph Maxwell served his apprenticeship in the City of Dunedin also known as commander of the Oamaru 1884-1888 and several of Shaw, Savill sailers and steamers. He retired from the sea in 1911, having served 39 years in the company's service, of which 16 years were spent in sailing ships.  He became the marine superintendent for the Shaw, Savill Co. at Auckland. He died in 1922. WW Vol 1. photo page 125

Captain Melville commanded the Douglas 1886

Captain Metcalf commanded the Rakaia 1878 - 1879

Captain Metters commanded the Westland 1891

Captain  Millar commanded the Sydenham 1881

Captain Miller command the Orari 1888 - 1890

Captain Millington commanded the Spirit of the Dawn when she was wrecked on the Antipodes Islands in 1893.  Drowned.

Captain Millman commanded the Waipa 1877

Captain Millman commanded the Rangitiki 1877-1884

Captain Milner commanded the Dragon 1884

Captain Mitchell commanded the Asterope 1861-1862

Captain Mitchell commanded the Caribou 1866, 1868 to Port Chalmers

Captain Mitchell commanded the Jessie Readman 1873 - 1874

Captain Mitchell commanded the Langstone 1873-1875

Captain Mitchell commanded the Glenlora 1877

Captain Middleton commanded the Rangitiki 1889 - 1890 

Captain Moffat commanded the James Nicol Fleming 1877 - 1879

Captain Moffat commanded the Westland 1881 - 1883

Captain Moon command the Carnatic, 871 tons built in 1867, 1874

Captain Moon commanded the England's Glory. Built for E.H. Moon.

Captain Moore commanded the 700 ton  Dauntless 1864. He was ill when the vessel arrived in Auckland and never recovered. Died.

Captain Mordue - The Auckland 1885 He was a fine sailorman as ever commanded a ship.

Captain Mordeau commanded the Auckland 1886

Captain Mordue commanded the Elizabeth Graham 1874-1880

Captain John Wesley Morgan

Captain Morgan commanded the Famenoth 1884-1886

Captain Morgan commanded the Egmont 1862

Captain Morison command the Grassmere 1895. Sank near Cape Terawhiti.

Captain Morrison commanded the Saint Vincent 1864

Captain Morrison commanded the Lastingham 1883 - 1884.  Wrecked Jackson's Head, Cook Strait, spring 1884.

Captain Moreton? commanded the Pleiades 1888 - 1897.

Captain Morton? commanded the Pleiades 1891, 1892, 1893, 1895,  - 1897. He had previously visited Nelson in the barque Charles Napier 32 years previously

Captain Mosey commanded the Duke of Edinburgh 1874, 1875

Captain Mosey command the Orari 1876 - 1881

Captain Mosey commanded the Eastmisister 1880 to Nelson

Captain Mosey commanded the Waimate 1881 - 1884

Captain Mossop commanded the Coronilla 1871-1872

Captain Mourdant commanded the Chaudiere 1873

Captain Mowlem commanded the Electra 1866-1868

Captain Muir commanded the Jessie Readman 1875

Captain Muir in command of the Invercargill 1876-1891

Captain Mullens commanded the the Willis, Gunn and Co. 579 ton Victory 1848

Captain Mundle command the Oliver Lang 1856. He afterwards settled in New Plymouth and was master of the Stormbird, the Rangatira and other coastal vessels.

Captain Mundle command the Anne Longton 1860 to Nelson

Captain S. Murdock commanded the Loch Urr 1870-1881 then he was relieved  by his brother Captain J. Murdock 1881-1882

Captain Murray commanded the Akaroa 1893-1898

Captain Murray commanded the Mennock 1878

Captain McAlister commanded the William Davie 1880

Captain McCarry commanded the Laira 1882

Captain MCarthy commanded the Hereford 1878

Captain McDonald commanded the Robert Henderson  1870

Captain McDonald commanded the Helenslee 1870 sailed Oct 1869 - Jan. 1870

Captain McDonald commanded the Auckland 1875

Captain McDonald commanded the Ben Venue when she wrecked at Timaru in 1882.

Captain McDougall commanded the Auckland 1877 - 1884. He died in Christchurch in the early 1920s

Captain McFarlane arrived in Dunedin Nov. 24 1863 in charge of the steamer City of Dunedin. He retired from the sea in 1883 and was appointed harbourmaster at Dunedin. He held this position until 1893. Since 1901 to 1924 he was residing at Devonport, Auckland. May 1924 age 95th year. He had purchased the barque P.C.E.

Captain McGowan commanded the Ben Venue 1876 - 1881. Captain Wilson, who was master of the Northern steamship Company's Waiotahi at Auckland sailed under him. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 301

Captain McGuinness commanded the Duke of Edinburgh 1873

Captain McKechnie commanded the Fontenaye 1878

Captain McKelvie commanded the Hurunui 1877

Captain Henry McKenzie commanded the Lebu 1878 when he loss his life. Mr R.F. Wadeson brought her in to Auckland.

Captain McKenzie commanded the Brahmin 1889-1890

Captain McInnes command the Otaki 1875

Captain McInnes commanded the Rakaia 1875

Captain MacInnes commanded the Opawa 1877 - 1878

Captain D. McIntyre commanded the Chrysolite 1861

Captain T. McMillan commanded the Asia 1874

Captain McMillan commanded the Canterbury 1881-1890

Captain R. McNeilly commanded the Dilharee 1874-1875

Captain D. McRitchie commanded the Assaye 1874. Wrecked on the Chatham Islands.

Captain McWilliam commanded the Prince of Wales 1863

Captain McWilliams commanded the Westland 1885 - 1886

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Captain J. Nelson commanded the Parsee 1873 - 1874

The Star 9 July 1875 pg2
Deep regret was expressed at Lyttelton when the news of the death of Captain Newby, of Shaw Savill and Albion Company's barque Helen Denny, became known. The deceased was chief officer of the ship Wellington, under Captain Cowan, for a considerable time, and was in the vessel when she collided with ice on the homeward journey from New Zealand. He had only been married on his previous trip to England.

Captain Nicol commanded the Glenlora 1890

Captain Nicholl commanded the Glenlora 1891

Captain Nixon commanded the Northern Monarch 1897 - 1903, became a total wreck off Egmont Nov. 7 1903

Captain Norie commanded the Countess of Kintore 1876

Captain Norman commanded the Otago 1888 - 1889.

Captain Nott commanded the British Queen 1859 to Auckland

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Captain Oughton commanded the Nimroud 1864

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Captain Isaac Paddle commanded the Charlotte Gladstone 1872 to Dunedin

Captain John Paddle commanded the Strathallan 1864-1866. Captain John Paddle commanded the Monarch 1870.

Captain Parker commanded the Halcione 1878 -1885

Captain Parker commanded the Hermione 1888 -1891

Captain Parker commanded the Langstone 1876-1878

Captain Paton commanded the Camperdown 1876

Captain Payne commanded the Celaeno 1879

Captain R.H. Paynter commanded the Palala 1880

Captain Perriam commanded the Wave Queen 1879

Captain Parriam commanded the Lochnager 1883 -1885

Captain Parry commanded the Queen of Cambria1883

Captain Paterson commanded the Himalaya 1886 -1888.

Captain Peacock commanded the James Nicol Fleming 1874

Captain Peacock in command of the Invercargill 1875

Captain Peacocke commanded the William Davie 1872-1873

Captain Pearson commanded the Cashmere 1851-1857

Captain Pearson commanded the Sam Mendel 1883-1885

Captain Pebbles commanded the Margaret Galbraith 1875-1876

Captain Pebbles commanded the Otago 1877 - 1880. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg155

Captain Peek commanded the Mary Shepherd 1869-1870

Captain Peek command the Waitara 1874

Captain  Robert Peek commanded the Beth Shan in 1871, Bebington 1872,  Hindostan 1873, Waimate 1876-1881

Captain Perriam commanded the Crusader 1887 - 1888

Captain Perritt commanded the Miltiades 1874

Captain Perry commanded the Forfarshire 1894

Captain Charles Petherbridge commanded the Maori 1851 - 1859, Cashmere 1861 - 1862, Napier 1863, Countess of Kintore 1866-1871

Captain Petherbridge commanded the Chile  1867

Captain Petherbridge commanded the St. Leonard's 1872, 1873

Timaru Herald, 14 January 1874, Page 2
The ship St. Leonard's, Captain R. Todd, got under way at Lyttelton on Saturday. The ship this voyage goes on in charge of Captain Todd, Captain Petherbridge remaining in port to look after the discharge and loading of Messrs Shaw, Saville and Co's ships, and all matters connected therewith.

Captain Petherbridge commanded the Dragon 1883

Captain Peters commanded the Portland 1864

Captain Peters commanded the Malay to Nelson 1867

Captain Peters commanded the Helen Denny 1880

Captain Phillips commanded the Euterpe 1876 - 1882

Captain Phillips commanded the Zealandia 1884 - 1890

Captain Pierrpoint commanded the Deva 1884-1887

Captain Pinel commanded the Parsee 1891

Captain Pinel, late of the ship Tiptree, commanded the Sea King to Auckland in January 1864.

Captain Pitfield commanded the Chaudiere 1878

Captain Pittenrreigh commanded the Loch Linnie 1882 to Port Chalmers

Captain Plunket commanded the Hurunui 1893

Captain Pook commanded the Joseph Fletcher 1856-1859

Captain Pope commanded the Telegraph to Auckland in 1863

Captain Potter commanded the Clara 1848 to Auckland

Captain Pottinger commanded the Rangitiki 1891-1896. Cat was jumped through the port hole overboard and Captain drowned a few days later. Buried ashore at Napier.  He was 54 years of age, of which 35 years was spent at sea and he had been with the N.Z. Shipping Company first as mate of the Waitangi and for the last six years in the Rangitiki. Captain's son onboard. Captain Baker formerly mate of the Turakina took the Rangitiki  home. Captain F.A. MacIndoe of Wellington, made several voyages with Captain Pottinger as second mate.

Captain Pottinger commanded the Waimea 1888 - 1889

Captain Potts commanded the Rangitiki 1864

Captain Power commanded the Pareora 1877-1883. Succeeded by Capt. Donaldson in 1883

Captain Power commanded the Turakina 1884 - 1890. Photo White Wings Vol. 1. pg 131

Captain Poynton commanded the Nimrod 1864

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Captain Raddon died Sept. 6th 1902 in Timaru, aged 85 years. Well-known as a seafaring man, and for many years was captain of the Whitehall, trading between the colonies and England. In command of the Whitehall, 936 tons, sailed 16th June, arrived 26th Sept. at Lyttelton with cabin passengers only. The Cingalese, 698 tons, barque,  from London, 115 days out. sailed 14th June 1884 and arrived at Lyttelton 7th Oct. She brings a cargo of cement, a quantity of which is for the Tamaki breakwater. 

North Otago Times, 5 September 1879, Page 2 Oamaru, cleared outwards. Sept. 4— Thurso, barque, 490 tons, Raddon, for Adelaide.
West Coast Times, 24 July 1885, Page 2
Timaru, July 23. Arrived — King Alec, barque, Captain Raddon, 104 days from London. About five weeks ago a very heavy sea broke over the vessel's poop, throwing down the captain (who was at the wheel) and flooding the decks, and nearly washing another man overboard. Captain Raddon's ankle vas seriously injured, but was put in Bplints. Oa coming ashore it was found the small bones had been broken but had been well set.

Captain Ralls, City of Auckland 1873 -1877. He retired to Sandford, on the Thames, near Oxford, and named his beautiful home Auckland. Mrs Ralls accompanied Captain Ralls on three voyages and three of their children were born on board. Mrs A. Hills of Manurewa was a daughter. He was in command of the City of Auckland when she was wrecked on Otaki Beach. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 25

Captain Ramsey commanded the Maraval 1879 - 1880

Captain Rankin commanded the William Davie 1874 to Bluff

Captain Ranson commanded the Northern Monarch 1879

Captain Reid commanded the Bebington 1884

Captain Reid commanded the Earl of Zetland 1875

Captain C.H. Renaut had been sailing New Zealand waters since 1848 when he was  a youth on his father' s ship. In command of the Celaeno for her maiden voyage 1864- 1873.

Captain Renaut commanded the Frenchman 1860 to Auckland

Captain Renaut commanded the Glenlora 1874

Captain Renaut commanded the Crusader 1874 - 1876

Captain Renaut commanded the Soukar 1878

Captain Renaut commanded the Pleione 1877 - 1885

Captain Renaut commanded the Margaret Galbraith 1899

Captain Reston commanded the Waimea 1892 -1895

Captain Reynolds commanded the Edward Thornhill 1862 to Nelson

Captain Abraham Lewis Reynolds. A hard sailing skipper of the old school, in spite of cracking on was popular with the passengers. The Ida Zeigler 1861-1867
Captain Abraham L. Reynolds commanded the Ida Zeigler 1861-1867. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 219. in 1864 William Mann was chief officer and Henry Neville second officer.

Captain Reynolds commanded the Countess of Kintore 1872. He was formerly the chief officer on the Countess of Kintore. Commanded the Ballarat 1871.

Captain Richards commanded the Thomas Stephens 1869. Probably sunk by a German submarine

Captain Richardson commanded the Endymion 1873-1879

Captain Rice commanded the Loch Cree 1901

Captain Ritchie commanded the Pladda 1860

Captain Roberts command the E.P. Bouverie 1874 to Lyttelton

Captain A.F. Roberts commanded the Trevelyn 1880 - 1886.

Captain D.T. Roberts - In command of the Caduces in 1871- 1872. He had made previous visits to Auckland in the Maori 1867-1869.

Timaru Herald Friday 1 November 1889
The many friends in Canterbury of Captain David T. Roberts, who was so well-known and esteemed suring the many years he traded to the colony in the Shaw Savill ship Hermione, will regret to hear that he expired about September 5th, at Weymouth in his sixty-first year. Captain Roberts suffered a sad loss about twelve months ago, when his son, Captain W. Roberts was lost in the Trevelyan, the ship being his first command. 

Evening Post, 22 November 1888, Page 2
A singular complication, which has its origin in a similarity of names and some curious coincidences, has arisen in connection with the identity of the Captain of the missing ship Trevelyan. It appears that some years ago the ship was commanded by a Captain A. F. Roberts, whose son, Mr. J. M. Roberts, was also on board, in the capacity of second mate. Captain Bowling, we believe, succeeded this Captain Roberts. When the vessel left London this voyage it was announced that she was in charge of another Captain Roberts. By many people it was assumed that the son of the former captain had succeeded to the command. This is, however, not the case, the present captain being a son of Captain D. T. Roberts, for a long time well known as master of the Hermione. It was a curious coincidence that the Captain Roberts now supposed to be lost served with his father as mate on the Hermione, so that it will be seen there were two Captain Roberts, each of whom had his son as an officer on board their respective ships. We have ascertained that the son of Captain A. F. Roberts left the Trevelyan two years ago, and joined another vessel, in which he went to San Francisco, subsequently becoming second mate of the ship Sokoto, a South American trader, which he was still in on the 28th June last, as confirmed by a letter just received from him by friends in Wellington. An extraordinary thing in connection with the mix-up of the names is that the so friends, one of whom is a lady to whom Mr. J. M. Roberts was engaged, all concluded that he was the present captain, and until the receipt of the letter referred to have mourned him as drowned, the fiancιe, who has lately go on to Nelson on a visit, having worn black on this account for the last two months. Up to yesterday she had not been informed of her lover's safety. We hope that all will now end happily.

Captain Roberts in command of the Caduces 1871-1872

Captain Roberts commanded the Pareora 1876

Captain D.T. Roberts commanded the Hermione 1877 -1887

Captain Roberts commanded the Bebington 1878-1879

Captain Roberts commanded the Dunedin 1887 -1889

Captain Robertson commanded the Countess of Kintore 1867

Captain Robertson commanded the Carona 1874

Captain Robertson commanded the Loch Fleet 1877-1879 

Captain Thomas Robertson - "The artist is also a seaman" 

Captain Robinson commanded the Coronilla 1882

Captain J.T. Rolls commanded Union Company's Niagara was chief officer of the the Loch Bredan in 1882

Captain Henry Rose commenced his career in the NZ trade by bringing out the Mermaid, of White Star line to Auckland in 1861. This was his second voyage as Commander. When he arrived Home the White Star Company was in difficulties and he was offered, and accepted command of the Merope (Shaw Savill Line), 1872. He made three voyages in this ship then joined the New Zealand Shipping Company in which he purchased an interest and brought out their first new ship Rakaia sailing from London in 1874 to Lyttelton. When he got back to London he took command of the Waimate, 1875. He then sailed on the Waikato in 1875. While in the colony he was offered and accepted the position of Marine Superintendent for the company and the following year the directors appointed him manger of the newly opened Wellington office. He took over on August 1 1874 and year the office until he retired in 1898. He made his first voyage in the Orestes. He spent 27 years at sea. Died in London in his 79th year. One of his daughters married Mr C.V. Houghton, manager of the Auckland branch of the N.Z. Shipping Co. Zealandia  1879, Mermaid 1861-1869. photo of Capt. Rose WW page 90. Vol. 1. Rose served as an apprenticeship on the St. Vincent, a Crimean War troop carrier.

Captain Ross commanded the Silver Eagle 1864

Captain Ross commanded the City of Dunedin 1872 -1875. Photo WW Vol.1 pg87

Captain Ross commanded the City of Cashmere 1882, total wreck January 14, Timaru.

Captain Rowe commanded the British Empire 1875 to Dunedin

Captain Russell commanded the Routenbeck 1892

Captain Ruthie commanded the Helen Denny 1874 - 1882. Photo WW Vol. 1 page 159

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Captain Samuel commanded the Westland 1900 - 1905

Captain Sandberg commanded the Rooparell 1874

Captain Sangster in command of the Rob Roy 1866. Quick passage.

Captain  Alfred A. Sargeant who brought out the Pleione from 1890 to1897 had previously had command of several of the Shaw Savill Co.'s ships. He came out as second officer of the Halcione in 1881 and 1882 to Wellington, under Captain E.S. Parker. In 1884 - 1889 he was given command of the Glenlora, and he brought that ship to Auckland in 1885. He then made four trips to Nelson 1886-1889 and in 1893 took over the Pleione. After completing four voyages to Wellington he came to Auckland in 1897 when  he left Shaw, Savill Co. and entered the coastal service.  

Captain Scotland commanded the Glenlora 1877 - 1883

Captain Scotland commanded the Crusader 1884 - 1886

Captain Scotland commanded the Westland 1887 - 1889

Captain Scott command the Hylton Castle 1873

Captain Scott commanded the Chaudiere 1879, 1880

Captain Scruby command the Piako 1884

Captain Seaborn commanded the Waipa 1876

Evening Post, 24 May 1911, Page 5
Captain F. D. Seaborne of the s.s. Cranley, which steamer arrived under charter to the Tyser Company on 24th March last from New York, died in Wellington in a private early .this morning at 3 o'clock 'after a somewhat lengthy illness. Captain Seaborne's first visit to these parts was as master of the steamer Tolosa which arrived here on 31st January, 1899. Since then, a few years ago, he called in the Barkston for coal, the boat being on her way to South America. Deceased was 52 years of age. He leaves a widow and two children in Bristol, England. A special service has been arranged to be held at St. Peter's to-morrow morning at 10 o'clock. The cortege will leave for Karori immediately after the service. As far back as 1879 deceased was second mate on the Shaw-Savill and Albion Company's old sailing clipper Crusader, when the vessel was trading between New Zealand and the Old Country. A number of years ago he was with Captain Steele on the Swanley as chief officer. All the flags on vessels in port today are at half-mast ac a mark of respect to the deceased's memory.

Captain G. Sellars commanded the Bombay 1862-1866. He command the Electra 1869-1873. Captain Sellars was in command of the Zealandia when she collided with the Ellen Lamb in in 1874 mid ocean and cut her in two. He was in command of the Bombay to Auckland when she arrived there with all her masts gone. Commanded the Zealandia 1874 - 1882. He was appointed ships' husband in London in 1882.

Captain Sellars commanded the City of Dunedin 1863

Captain Sellars commanded the Ida Zeigler 1868 when she wrecked at Napier 27 Feb.

Captain Setton commanded the Pleiades 1878 - 1888

Captain William Sewell - Harbour Master, Oamaru

Captain Sherris commanded the Weathersfield 1882-1888

Captain Silba commanded the Rakaia 1891

Captain Silba commanded the Waipa 1893-1894

Captain Sinclair commanded the Wave Queen 1873-1874

Captain Sinclair commanded the Waimea 1886 - 1887

Captain Sinclair commanded the Hurunui 1889-1890

Captain Sinclair commanded the Waitangi 1891

Captain Skinner commanded the Warwick 1872-1875

Captain Slaughter commanded the Spray of the Ocean 1859

Captain Smale commanded the Monarch 1850 to Auckland

Captain Smart command the Carnatic 1853 to Dunedin.

Captain Smith command the Carnatic 1855 to Auckland

Captain Smith commanded the Portland 1869. Took ill in Auckland and Captain Coster took command.

Captain Smith commanded the Chile  1875

Captain Smith in command of the Wild Duck 1870

Captain Smith commanded the Iron Queen 1877

Evening Post, 27 July 1911, Page 7
Captain R. E, Smith, late master of the Mokoia, retired from the service of the Union Steam Ship Company on Monday, says the Otago Daily Times, he having reached the age limit prescribed by the the company's regulations. Captain Smith, who has had an honourable career as a seaman, first went to sea as a lad in March, 1862, on a ship trading to the West Indies and the Mediterranean. His initial trip to the colonies was made in the Queen Bee in 1860. The return Home was made in the Christian M'Causland, and on that occasion the present Minister of Railways (the Hon. J. A. Millar) was senior apprentice. He returned to New Zealand in the Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer Zealandia, and entered the coastal service as chief officer of the Lady of the Lake and later of the Ino, both of which vessels traded to Catlins and the Molyneux River. He left that service in August, 1877, and joined the Union Company, being appointed chief officer of the Taiaroa, and later acting master, and finally master of the Beautiful Star— his first command. He then commanded successively the larger ships Omapere, Poherua, Ovalau, Taviuni, and during the last eight years the s.s. Mokoia. At different times Captain Smith has relieved as master on all the company's intercolonial and foreign vessels. At a meeting of the directors and heads of staffs of the U.S.S. Co. at Dunedin on Monday Mr. John Roberts, C.M.G., on behalf of the directors, presented Captain Smith with a very handsome marble clock, and at the same time expressed the very high opinion they entertained of his qualifications as a sailor add of his qualities as a man. Captain Smith is vary favourably known among the travelling public, and his retirement from active service will be very ninth regretted among tile wide circle of friends he has made throughout the colonies.

Captain Spence commanded the Queen Margaret 1855 to Nelson

Captain Thomas Spencer commanded the Cissy to Lyttelton 1866, to Nelson 1867 and to Sydney in 1871 and to Wellington in 1874. He was first officer on her to Lyttelton in 1850. He commanded the Steadfast, (1850-56) ,to Lyttelton in 1851.

Captain Spencer commanded the Ironsides 1879

Captain Spille commanded the Baron Aberdare 1875

Captain Sotham commanded the Waitangi 1874. He was well known in the Government service. he commanded the troop-ship Middlesex and also the ship Durham.

Captain Sowells commanded the Brahmin 1889-1890

Captain Stapp in command of the Mystery 1862-1864

Captain Starkie commanded the Elizabeth Ann Bright 1863

Captain Strachan commanded the Jessie Readman 1870 - 1872

Captain Strachan commanded the Canterbury 1874

Captain Strachan commanded the Carona 1875

Captain Strachan command the Golden Sea 1863 to Wellington

Captain Steel commanded the Sam Mendel 1876-1877

Captain Alfred Stevens commanded the Matoaka 1859 - 1869 except 1865.  " missing" homeward bound from Lyttelton 1869

Captain Stevens commanded the the Willis, Gunn and Co. 579 ton Victory 1859

Captain Stevens commanded the City of Dublin 1878

Captain Stevens command the E.P. Bouverie 1871-1873

Captain Stevens commanded the Auckland 1874

Captain P.B. Stevens commanded the Tintern Abbey 1875 to Lyttelton

Captain Stevens for some years master of the Wanaka  and other ships was an apprentice on board the Hurunui when the collision occurred in the channel in 1883 and Captain Hazelwood was in command.

Captain Strang commanded the Lyttelton 1886

Captain Strap in command of the Sussex 1874 to Port Chalmers

Captain Street commanded the Routenbeck 1879-1881

Captain Streeter in command of the Euterpe 1892-1894.

Captain Stringer commanded the Chile  1865

Captain William Stuart remained in command of the Tweed for 14 years from 1863.

Captain Stuart commanded the Asterope 1864-1868

Captain Stuart commanded the City of Dunedin 1869

Captain Stuart commanded the Otago 1869 - 1873.

Captain Stuart in command of the Oamaru 1875, 1876, 1878, 1879, 1880

Captain Sutherland commanded the Crusader 1873 - 1874

Captain I. Sutherland commanded the Merope 1875-1885

Captain Sutherland command the Piako 1885- 1891

Captain Swinton commanded the Lanarkshire 1875 to Lyttelton

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Captain Tannock command the City of Glasgow 1892

Captain R. Tatchell in command of the May Queen, 1873-1878. Photo WW. page 84 Vol 1

Captain J.H. Taylor in command of the Timaru 1876-1880.

Captain Taylor commanded the Rangitiki 1887

Captain Thomas commanded the Portland 1863

Captain Thomas commanded the barque Hudson 1884

Captain Thomas commanded the Electra 1877 to Auckland

Captain Thomas commanded the Merope 1886 - 1890

Captain Thomas in command of the Oamaru 1893

Captain Thomas commanded the Wellington 1897 - 1903

Captain Thompson commanded the Electra 1878-1883

Captain T.G. Thorpe commanded the White Rose 1875. Found dead in his berth from apoplexy. Mr W.C. Best, chief officer then took charge.

Captain Thow commanded the Laira 1883-1887

Captain Tilley commanded the City of Dunedin 1867

Captain Tilly command the E.P. Bouverie 1869  -1870

Captain Tilly commanded the Christian McCausland 1871-1873

Captain Tilly in command of the Invercargill 1874

Captain Tilly commanded the Wanlock 1876 to Auckland

Captain Tizard commanded the Warwick 1876

Captain Richard Todd, long resident of Napier. Born at Dundee, Scotland in 1845, he went to sea as a boy, and his first voyage was to China on a ship carrying troops. His first visit to NZ was as chief officer of the Asterope in the middle '70s. Next he was chief officer on a small barque called the Malay of which he took command when the master, Captain Peters was promoted to a larger vessel. He next commanded the Saint Leonards 1874-1882. His last ship was the Northumberland 1884-1887. After the loss of the Northumberland, 10 May 1887, Captain Todd came ashore and settled at Napier. Five months later he was appointed marine superintendent of the colonial  Union Shipping Company. In 1889 the company changed names to Tyser Line. In 1893 he was appointed colonial superintendent of the line, which in 1913 changed its name to the Commonwealth and Dominion Line. He then became director of the company. He was 71 when he died. His wife predeceased him by two years. He had three sons. Ref. White Wings Vol. 1 pg 70. Photo.

Captain John Todd commanded the Strathallan 1858 to Dunedin. Crew refused to sail back with him. Captain Grieve took command.

Captain Todd commanded the Malay 1873 to Nelson

Captain Tokin commanded the Langstone 1883 - 1889

Captain Tonkin commanded the Glenlora 1892 - 1897

Captain Tomkin commanded the Adamant 1882.

Captain Torkilson commanded the Cariolanus 1889

Captain Torrance commanded the City of Cashmere 1875

Captain Trewyn commanded the Harvest Home 1871 to Lyttelton

Captain Trewyn commanded the barque Hudson 1875

Captain Tribe commanded the Waimate 1885

Captain Triston commanded the Rakaia 1875-1877

Captain Triston commanded the Opawa 1878 - 1880

Captain Triston commanded the Waitangi 1881-1883

Evening Post, 28 September 1910, Page 8
DEATH OF A SEA CAPTAIN.
A well -known mariner. London advices announce the death of Captain Trotter, of the Tyser Line. He was for many years connected with the Australian and New Zealand trade.

Captain Turnbull commanded the Simlah 1853 to Auckland

Captain Thomas Turnbull commanded the Chile 1860-1862

Captain Turnbull commanded theCaroline 1876 to Nelson

Captain C. Turner command the Grassmere 1862

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Otago Witness December 26 1900 page 54
The Tyser line steamer Star of England arrived at Port Chalmers on Thursday afternoon, and was berthed at the George street pier at the top of high water, her draught being 16ft 3in forward and 22ft 8in aft. The Star of England is a screw steamer of 3696 tons, register, rigged as a brigantine. She was built at the yards of Messrs Workman, Clarke and Co., Belfast, in 1889. She is 371ft 8: ling, 44ft 2" breadth of beam and 27ft 2" in depth. Her engines are of the triple-expansion principle, the diameter of the cylinders being 26½ in, 44in and 72in respectively, with a length of stroke of 48in. She is under the command of Captain F.W. Ullyatt. She brings some 900 tons of general cargo.

Captain Vaughan commanded the Loch Linnie 1885 to Auckland

Captain Vaux commanded the Epson 1863

Captain Vaux commanded the Ironsides 1864 - 1872

Captain Vaux commanded the Oxford 1877

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Captain Waddell commanded the Lebu 1890

Captain Wallace commanded the Resolute 1864-1866

Captain Ward commanded the Spirit of the Dawn 1877, 1878.  

Captain John Watson commanded the Ocean Mail 1873, 1874 1876. Wrecked at the Chathams Mach 20 1876. His certificate was suspended for nine months.

Captain Watson commanded the Western Monarch 1878-1880.

Captain Watson commanded the Rakaia 1890

Captain Watt commanded the Wanganui 1877 - 1882 and 1887

Captain William Watt commanded the Celestial Queen 1870-78 and commanded the Lady Jocelyn 1884- 1889. Died in Edinburgh. He was a brother-in-law of Captain Todd.

Captain Weir commanded the Loch Awe 1870s. Photo WW Vol. 1 pg 194

Captain West commanded the Lancashire Witch 1863

Otago Witness Thursday 28 December 1893 page 15
Captain Wheeler came to Auckland in 1858 as first officer of the Lord Ashley. He brought out from England the Panama Company's Kaikora, and after being in charge of the Prince Alfred and Phoebe. He brought out the Hawea. For 12 years he commanded the Wakatipu and then took charge of the Manapouri.

Captain Whitcombe commanded the Asterion 1882

Captain James White commanded the Blue Jacket 1865-1869 - met her doom in 1869. Mr Webber, third mate, later Captain Webber, Sydney Relief and Humane society, died in Sydney in 1921

Captain D. White commanded the Warwick 1867

Captain White, a partner in the firm of Nearing and Co., a business in Auckland, was for 12 years at sea and was second officer and first mate on the Westland. Captain Fox also a partner with Captain White in the same firm, was apprenticed on the Westland and later rose to second and chief officer of the ship.

Captain White commanded the Mermaid 1859

Captain White commanded the Hindostan 1874

Captain James White, late of the Blue Jacket, which burned at sea. and more recently the Charlotte Andrews, brought the Zealandia out to Lyttelton on her second voyage  arriving 2 December 1870. "Bully" White they use to call him; a real hard sailorman who delighted to carry on, and never took a sail in until he absolutely compelled to do so.  Charlotte Gladstone Jan. 1870 to Victoria.

Captain Whitfield command the British Crown 1863 to Lyttelton

Captain Whitmore commanded the Ashmore 1854, 1856

Captain Whitson commanded the Dunedin 1875 -1886.

Captain Wigsell commanded the Fernglen  1874 after Captain Frater was transferred to the Ferndale

Captain Wilkie commanded the Aboukir 1862-1864

Captain Wilkie commanded the Lanarkshire 1877

Captain Wilkinson commanded the Geraldine Paget 1880

Captain Edmund Williams - in command the Avalanche and drowned when she sank off Portland in 1877. His former ship was the Merope.

Captain Williams commanded the Queen Bee 1872

Captain H. Williams commanded the Merope 1873- 1874

Captain Wilson commanded the Warrior Queen 1867-1874

Captain Wilson in command of the Glentanner 1871

Captain Wilson commanded the James Nicol Fleming 1881

Captain Wilson commanded the Loch Ken 1882-1884

Captain Wilson commanded the Cossipore 1865-1866  400 days to reach Auckland, a record that has not been beaten

Captain Wood commanded the Portland 1880

Captain Wood commanded the Westland 1879 - 1880

Captain Woodgate commanded the Electra to Nelson in 1863

Captain Worsp commanded the Phoebe, settled his family in Auckland.

Captain Worster commanded the Waimea 1875

Captain Worster commanded the Waikato 1876 - 1881

Captain Worster command the Orari 1882

Captain Worster command the Otaki 1883 - 1891

Captain Worster commanded the Waimate 1893-1895

Captain Worster commanded the Waitangi 1896-1898

Captain Wrankmore commanded the Glenmark 1865 -1871

Captain Wright commanded the Taranaki 1877-1879

Captain Wright commanded the British Trident 1864

Captain Wright in command of the Oamaru 1881-1883

Captain Wycherley commanded the Sir Edward Paget 1856

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Captain Young commanded the City of Agra 1874- 1879

Captain Young in command of the Cartsburn 1875 to Pt. Chalmers

Captain Young in command of the Norval 1876

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It was common in the clipper days to have two or three vessels sailing the same ocean in the same decade with the same name. e.g. Victory, Hindostan

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Otago Witness, 30 November 1899, Page 28
Papers Past
A FEW CAPTAINS who have VISITED OTAGO
From its Foundation to the Present Day.  A Demaus photo. This is the key
1. Capt. Crawford, " Janet Court."
2. Capt. Tatchell, "May Queen."
3. Capt. Ryder, " Julianne."
4. Capt. White, " Hindoatan.
5. Capt. Hird, " Marlborough."
6. Capt. Jones, " Fanny Hare."
7. Capt. Turpin, s.s. " Rimutaka."
8. Capt. Anderson, s.s. " Waikare."
9. Capt. Warder. Gov. Fergusson's " Blanche."
10. Capt. Muir, " Invercargill."
11. Capt. Popharm. s.s. " Waihora."
12. Capt. Brown, "Lily."
13. Capt. Logan, " R, Henderson."
14. Capt. Moir, " Iris."
15. Capt. Hall, " City of Dublin."
16. Capt. Small, " Horatio Sprague."
17. Capt. Thomson, "Maulsden."
18. Capt. Hamon, s.s. " Waimate."
19. Capt. Logan, " Manapouri."
20. Capt. Boyd, " Piaka."
21. Capt. Kerr, " Martin Scott."
22. Capt. Sole, " Splendid."
23. Capt. Collingwood, "Canterbury."
24 Capt. Duder, 8.8. "Pukaki."
25 Capt. Peacock, " Wm. Davie."
26. Capt. Downie, " Panmuir."
27. Capt. Greenstreet, s.s. " Rimutaka."
28. Capt. Culbert, " Himalaya."
29. Capt. Hepburn. "Sir Lancelot."
30. Capt. Staple, " Elmiranda."
31. Capt. Peebles, " Margaret Galbraith.
32. Capt. Paton, "Clutha."
33. Capt. Cameron, s.s. " Wakatipu "
34. Capt. White, " Beautiful Star."
35. Capt. Holmes, s s. " Matatua."
36. Capt. Kennedy, s.s. "Airedale."
37. Capt. Cooper, " Christian M'Causland."
38. Capt. Ross, " City of Dunedin."
39. Capt. Underwood, s.s. "Gothenburg."
40. Capt. Smith, " City of Tanjore."
41. Capt. Perriam, "Nelson."
42. Capt. Bannatyne, "Nelson."
43. Capt. Anderson, " Marlborough."
44. Capt. Kelly, " Westland."
45. Capt. Stuart, s.s. "Arawa."
46. Capt. Chatfleld, s.s. " Monowai."
47. Capt. Louden, s.s. "Titania."
48. Capt. Stevens, Dept. Harbour Master.
49. Capt. Carey, s.s. " Rotomahana."
50. Capt. Rogers, "Star of the East."
51. Capt. Killam, " Star of the East."
52. Capt. Dawson, " Derwent.
53. Capt. Veal, "Don Juan."
54. Capt. Strachan, " Jessie Readman "
55. Capt. Rankine, '' Timaru."
50. Capt Kelly, " Lutterworth."
57. Capt. Evans, "Tainui."
58. Capt. Brewer, s.s. "Ohou."
59. Capt. Coull, s.s. " Bannfshire."
60. Capt. Best, s.s. " Kakanui."
61. Capt. Baillie. " Wild Duck."
62. Capt. Spinks, s.s. " Talune."
63. Capt. Cannese, " Waimate."
64. Capt. E O. Hallet, " Rimutako."
65. Capt. Pettersen, " Jessie Nichol."
66. Capt. Wilson, s.s. " Fifeshire."
67. Capt. Stap, "Sussex."
68. Capt. Neville, s.s. " Hauroto."
69. Capt. Hood, s.s. " Anglian."
70. Capt. Barlow, s.s. "Tainui."
71. Capt. Duncan, " Remark."
72. Capt. Carden, " Margaret Galbraith "
73. Capt. Grant, "Takapuna."
74. Capt. Moignard, " Lizzie Bell."
75. Capt. Nelson, " Lindorus Abbey'."
76. Capt. Hart, s.s. "Geelong."
77. Capt. Forsdick, " Waipa"
78. Capt. Thomson, s.s. "Taiaroa."
79. Capt. Miller, " Strarathro."
80. Capt Sinclair, s.s. " Plucky."
81. Capt. Lloyd, s.s. "Wellington."
82. Capt. McFarlane, p.s. "City of Dunedin."
83. Capt. Garrard, s.s. " Tararua."
84. Capt. Olsen. s.s. " Nairnshire."
85. Capt. E. W. Small, " Jewess.
85. Capt. Mitchell, "Carabou."
87. Capt. Brown, s.s. " Forfarshire."
88. Capt. McDonald, " Three Brothers."
89. Capt. Ewan, "Lochiel."
90. Capt. Devitt, " Otaki."
91. Capt. Cuthbert, " s.s. " Elderslie."
92. Capt. Stevens, " E. P. Bouverie."
93. Capt. Malcolm, "Wild Deer."
94. Copt. James, " Auckland."
95. Capt. Findlay, "Turakina."
96. Capt. Friston, " Rakaia."
97. Capt. Partridge, " E. L. Partridge."
98. Capt. Cromarty, "Arawata."
99. Capt. McGee, s.s. " Tasmania."
100. Capt Sellers, " Zealandia."
101. Capt. Wheeler, s.s.. " Wakatipu."
102. Capt. Wallace, s.s. "Nairnshire."
103. Capt. Sinclair, s.s. " Mokoia."
104. Capt. Cummings, " Record."
105. Capt. Gorden, " Timaru."
106. Capt. Mellon, " Splendid."
107. Capt. Duncan, s.s. "Morayshire."
108. Capt. Edie, s.s. " Waihora."
109. Capt. Hansby, s.s. "Penguin."
110. Capt. Fox, "Transport."
111. Capt. Sears, " C. L. Taylor."
112. Capt. Broadway, " Hudson."
113. Capt. Clark, " Taunton."
114. Capt. Stott, s.s. " Maori."
115. Capt. Burton, " Crusader."
116. Capt. Levack, " Maraari."
117. Capt. Smith, " Taviuni "
118. Capt. Romney, " Clyde."
119. Capt. Worster, " Oterama."
120. Capt. Whitson, " Dunedin."
121. Capt. Colville, " Blenheim."
122. Capt. Condy, " Woodville."
123. Capt. McKersie, "Stella."
124. Capt. Evans, "Taranaki."
125. Capt. Gordon McKinnon, "Indus."
126. Capt. Couch, " Phrcbe Uunbar."
127. Capt. Watson, "Collingwood."
128. Capt. Vinal, "Alexandra."
129. Capt. Grieve, " City of Cashmere."
130. Capt. Cowan, " Manraret Galbraith."
131. Capt. Mead, s.s. " Penguin."
132. Capt. Manning, s.s. •• Rotomahana."
133. Capt. Fleming, s.s. "Flora."
134. Capt. Silba, " Waipa."
135. Capt. Beaumont, "s.s. " Upolu."
136. Capt. Thomson, " Thomasand Henry."
137. Capt. Nichol, s.s. " Rangatira."
138. Capt. McCallum, Harbour Master.
139. Capt. Lambert, s.s. " Pukaki."
140. Capt. Streeter, " Euterpe."
141. Capt. Bernech, "Te Anau."
142. Capt. Nordstrum, s.s " Haupiri."
143. Capt. Farmer, s.s. " Mapourlka."
144. Capt. Millman, s.s. " Brunner."
145. Capt. Blanchard, s.s. " Beautiful Star."
146. Capt. Macbeth, s.s. " Waihora."
147. Capt. Newton, s.s. " Hauroto."
148. Capt. Driver, First Pilot.
149. Capt. Mclntosh, s.s.. " Wairarapa "
150. Capt. Blaney
151. Capt. Phillips, s.s. "Mararoa."
152. Capt. Sutherland, s.s. " Rosamond "
153. Capt. Rolls, s.s. " Corinna."
154. Capt. Gibb, s.s. "Oonah "
155. Capt. Kerr, s.s. " Dingadee "
156. Capt. Sheppard, s.s. "Taieri "
157. Capt. Bonner. " Waihi."
158. Capt. Shaw, " Wainui "
159. Capt. Rutter, s.s. " Herald."
160. Capt. Brophy, s.s. " Omapere."
161. Capt. Lake, s.s. "Ovalau."
162. Capt. Anthony, s.s. " Kawatiri."
163. Capt. Adams, s.s. " Poherua."
164. Capt. Robertson, s.s. " Rotiti."
165. Capt. Bentley, s.s. "Pateena "
166. Capt. Livingston, s.s. " Kini."

Evening Post, 27 February 1911, Page 3
IS THE "OLD MAN'S" GLORY GONE? When the "A.M." took the water in '71, the captain, or "old man," was an awe-inspiring figure, fully conscious of his importance. He was a potentate before whom all quailed. On sea or shore, the master was a master, with the deportment of a Drake. "How now, though?" added the old sailor gloomily. "The master mariner may be the slave of an office boy. He is no longer king on the high. seas. The electric cables started to tie him up into a much smaller space at sea, and the wireless' telegraphy is finishing him off. He is only a cab-driver now. His orders fly ahead of him ; everything is cut and dried. Tap the magic key ashore and the figure works. No more bottomry rates," he laughed.

Evening Post, 18 March 1908, Page 10
Homeward Bound -Departure from Wellington - Captain Henrichs.
The crew were heaving up the anchor with an old-time chanty, their voices blending as harmoniously as those of a n_____ choir, to the accompaniment of the clink-clink-clink of the pawls of the windlass as the complaining cable slowly passed through the hawse-pipes to the chain locker.
"AWAY, RIO!"
No crew on a Blackball liner ever sang lustier than did, the men on the, Dechmont — all the ancient songs of the sea — "Sally Brown," "Away, Rio," and "Homeward Bound." They were each stung in turn, for 100 fathoms of chain comes in extraordinarily slow, especially when one has a pair of hands on a capstan bar. Thirty fathoms of chain on the starboard anchor, and 70 fathoms on the port anchor take getting in. The crew sang of a
Thres sky-sail clipper as lies out in the bay
Good-bye; fare-thee-well. Good-bye ; fare-thee well,
And she waits for the Duchess to tow her to sea,
Good-bye, my boys, we're ho-omeward bound.

And round and round they trudged on that journey that leads to nowhere except to the place of starting. "Rally her, boys, shako her up, my lads," shouted the mate encouragingly, and then they put the pressure of one and twenty pairs of arms on to the bar and one of them — an old man, slightly built — started the song-
Blow ye winds, ye ho
For Californ-io ;
There's plenty of gold.
So, I've been told.
On the banks of the Sacramento.

So the merry chanty wont on as the chain came in. Much of the song would need a little revision before committing to hard print. The anchor was "cat-headed and fished, and the ship was free.
"Get away aft; some of you, to the second mate," shouted the mate on the foc'sle head as the crew cheerfully dropped the capstan bars on the deck. The yards are squared, and aloft half a dozen men loose the fore and main upper topsails. The "Old Man," wearing his crimson smoking cap his hands in pockets and pipe between his teeth, paced the quarter deck, keeping an eye on things. He was evidently well pleased with the wind and the game it was having, with the loosened sails. He descended to his cabin and consulted the glass. It was falling. Still, the breeze was fresh. Off Evans Bay it twanged mighty chords in the rigging, it shrieked, piped, groaned, and thundered in great crescendos, and the loosened sails bellied out as if impatient to be free. "..

The Days of Sail
Progress is plainly shown by the gradual change from small sailing-vessels to great steamships and motorships in the New Zealand trade. Travellers of the present day can have but a slight idea of what was involved in the voyages of the small sailing-vessels. Confined space, limited food, rigid regulations for the safety of the ship and her living freight, lack of communication for long periods, and violent bufferings in the oceans were among the experiences faced. It is no wonder that the character of the men who commanded the ships was utmost importance to passengers, for a considerate master could do much to ameliorate the discomforts and help make the voyage enjoyable.

The Clipper Route  Map

Sons often followed in their father's footsteps unless they were sent out to the New Zealand with a guardian!