Between 1835 and 1910
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Port of Bluff
| Ship | Port Dep | Sailed | Port Arr | Arrived | Days | Captain | Notes | Passenger Lists | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasmere | Greenoch | 14-Dec-1863 | Bluff | . | C Turner | Struck a rock near Ballyferrin Point & sunk. The passengers came out later on the Paria. | Go to URL | ||
| Flying Mist | Glasgow | 05-Jun-1862 | Bluff | 25-Aug-1862 | . | E H Linnel | Wrecked | Go to URL | |
| Robert Henderson | Glasgow | 10-Jun-1862 | Bluff | 04-Sep-1862 | 81 | Logan | Proceeded to Port Chalmers with 89 passengers | ||
| Storm Cloud | Glasgow | 14-Sep-1862 | Bluff | 08-Dec-1862 | 86 | James Adams | 296 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Sir George Pollock | London | 18-Oct-1862 | Bluff | 18-Feb-1863 | . | . | . | Go to URL | |
| Sir William Eyre | Clyde | 17-Dec-1862 | Bluff | 23-Apr-1863 | . | Blakey | . | Go to URL | See Also |
| New Great Britain | Gravesend | 02-May-1863 | Bluff | 10-Aug-1863 | 92 | G Trader | proceeded to Port Chalmers | Go to URL | |
| Harwood | London | 23-Jun-1863 | Bluff | 18-Sep-1863 | . | . | . | Go to URL | |
| Helenslee | Glasgow | 01-Jul-1863 | Bluff | 25-Sep-1863 | 79 | William Brown | Put 9 passengers ashore. Proceeded to Port Chalmers with 310 passengers. | Go to URL | |
| Robert Henderson | Greenock | 17-Aug-1863 | Bluff | 18-Nov-1863 | 93 | . | Voyage 5 | Go to URL | |
| Bombay | Greenock | 01-Aug-1863 | Bluff | 21-Nov-1863 | . | Mcleod | No passengers. | ||
| Edward Thornhill | Gravesend | 18-Oct-1863 | Bluff | 26-Jan-1864 | 91 | Haddin | 130 passengers | Go to URL | |
| Commodore | Gravesend | 11-Nov-1863 | Bluff | 28-Apr-1864 | . | W Colville | No passengers. | ||
| Paria | Greenock | 28-Jan-1864 | Bluff | 17-May-1864 | . | . | Brought passengers from wrecked Grasmere. | ||
| Sevilla | Glasgow | 23-May-1864 | Bluff | 04-Sep-1864 | . | Hugh Kerr | . | Go to URL | |
| Arima | Glasgow | 25-Jun-1864 | Bluff | 21-Sep-1864 | . | James Smith | 137 passengers. | Go to URL | |
| Dona Anita | Downs | 11-Aug-1864 | Bluff | 22-Dec-1864 | 123 | William Davis | 107 passengers for Southland and 37 for Canterbury | ||
| Jessie Gilbert | London | 06-Jan-1865 | Bluff | 26-May-1865 | . | Stapleton | |||
| Victoria | Gravesend | 03-Jul-1869 | Bluff | 28-Nov-1869 | . | . | via Port Chalmers | ||
| Chile | Gravesend | 03-Aug-1870 | Bluff | 17-Nov-1870 | 106 | William Culbert | . | ||
| Chile | Gravesend | 03-Aug-1870 | Bluff | 17-Nov-1870 | . | William Culbert | Proceeded to Timaru | ||
| William Davie | Gravesend | 08-Jan-1874 | Bluff | 12-Apr-1874 | 88 | Rankin | Proceeded to Port Chalmers | Go to URL | Bluff Pass. |
| Carrick Castle | Liverpool | 27-Apr-1874 | Bluff | 13-Jul-1874 | 77 | Thyne | Brough out 220 immigrants | Go to URL | See Also |
| Timaru | Greenock | 05-Jan-1875 | Bluff | 18-Apr-1875 | 116 | Rankin | 130 Government immigrants | Invercargill Pass. | |
| Christian McAusland | Glasgow | 31-May-1875 | Bluff | 29-Aug-1875 | 91 | William Taylor | 339 immigrants | Go to URL | See also |
| White Rose | London | 14-Feb-1875 | Bluff | 21-Oct-1875 | . | C W Best | Via Plymouth where they left on 21/02/1875. Also via Lyttelton. | Go to URL | |
| Peter Denny | Glasgow | 25-Aug-1875 | Bluff | 26-Nov-1875 | 87 | Pycroft | 266 immigrants on board | Go to URL | |
| Adamant | Gravesend | 14-Jul-1875 | Bluff | 02-Dec-1875 | 144 | Tupman Highman | Captain died 6 weeks before arrival | Go to URL | See also |
| Waitara | London | 22-Sep-1875 | Bluff | 25-Dec-1875 | 86 | Hodder | Brought 216 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Pomona | Glasgow | 21-Jan-1876 | Bluff | 14-Apr-1876 | 85 | Tannock | Brought out 160 immigrants | Go to URL | See Also |
| Marlborough | Greenock | 16-Aug-1877 | Bluff | 04-Nov-1877 | 80 | Anderson | 183 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Mataura | London | 03-Aug-1877 | Bluff | 09-Nov-1877 | 94 | Alex Brown | 120 immigrants | ||
| Oamaru | Greenock | 24-Oct-1877 | Bluff | 13-Jan-1878 | 79 | Stuart | 240 immigrants on board of which 70 were for Bluff | Go to URL | Bluff Pass. |
| Ann Gambles | London | 22-Jan-1878 | Bluff | 16-May-1878 | . | R Morgan | Wrecked on entering Bluff harbour | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 19-May-1878 | Bluff | 28-Aug-1878 | 99 | William H Kelly | No passengers | ||
| Anazi | Gravesend | 06-Jul-1878 | Bluff | 21-Oct-1878 | 108 | James Hill | Fine weather passage | ||
| Waitara | Plymouth | 30-Aug-1878 | Bluff | 05-Dec-1878 | . | McKelvie | Brought 192 adults & 38 children | ||
| Western Monarch | London | 29-Oct-1878 | Bluff | 20-Jan-1879 | 76 | Watson | Travelled via Plymouth where it left on 30/10/1878 with 380 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Abbey Holme | London | 09-Dec-1878 | Bluff | 10-Apr-1879 | 122 | Bryce | No passengers | ||
| Te Anau | Greenock | 17-Dec-1879 | Bluff | 16-Feb-1880 | . | Carey | Delivery voyage. Proceeded to Port Chalmers | ||
| Edwin Fox | London | 25-Dec-1880 | Bluff | 19-May-1881 | 139 | John Phease | . | ||
| Helen Denny | Gravesend | 01-Apr-1881 | Bluff | 13-Jul-1881 | 98 | W Ruthe | . | ||
| England's Glory | London | 07-May-1881 | Bluff | 07-Nov-1881 | . | William Knight | via Nelson. Vessel wrecked on rocks near Bluff after taking on pilot. | ||
| Electra | London | 28-Oct-1881 | Bluff | 12-Feb-1882 | 105 | Thompson | 2 passengers | ||
| Adamant | London | 17-Feb-1882 | Bluff | 15-Jun-1882 | 118 | Tonkin | . | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 05-Jul-1882 | Bluff | 23-Oct-1882 | 103 | Perriam | No passengers | ||
| Electra | London | 04-Dec-1882 | Bluff | 21-Mar-1883 | 103 | Thompson | . | ||
| Deva | Middlesborough | 26-Mar-1883 | Bluff | 03-Jul-1883 | 98 | Pierrepoint | . | ||
| Lochnagar | Gravesend | 14-Jul-1883 | Bluff | 19-Oct-1883 | 96 | Perriam | No passengers | ||
| Alcestis | London | 10-Jun-1885 | Bluff | 01-Oct-1885 | 103 | W C Munn | . | ||
| Gazelle | London | 30-Jul-1885 | Bluff | 10-Nov-1885 | . | Munro | Carried no passengers. | ||
| Rakaia | Gravesend | 08-Oct-1885 | Bluff | 14-Jan-1886 | 98 | Forsdick | . | Go to URL | |
| Halcione | London | 19-Dec-1885 | Bluff | 16-Mar-1886 | 87 | Parker | 3 passengers plus Captains wife and children | ||
| Deva | London | 22-Dec-1885 | Bluff | 23-Mar-1886 | 92 | Pierrepoint | No passengers | ||
| Rangitiki | London | 19-Feb-1886 | Bluff | 03-Jun-1886 | 103 | E Budd | Voyage 15, no passengers. | ||
| Alcestis | London | 24-Jun-1886 | Bluff | 11-Oct-1886 | 109 | W C Munn | . | ||
| Gazelle | Gravesend | 24-Jul-1886 | Bluff | 01-Nov-1886 | . | Munro | Carried no passengers. | ||
| Alcestis | Gravesend | 12-Jun-1887 | Bluff | 08-Oct-1887 | 118 | G S Norris | . | ||
| Soukar | Hull | 04-Aug-1887 | Bluff | 13-Nov-1887 | 101 | J E Croker | . | ||
| Laira | Gravesend | 08-Sep-1887 | Bluff | 17-Dec-1887 | 99 | Thow | . | ||
| Langstone | London | 18-May-1888 | Bluff | 07-Sep-1888 | 111 | Tonkin | . | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 21-Jul-1888 | Bluff | 17-Nov-1888 | 119 | Sinclair | No passengers | ||
| Wave Queen | London | 11-May-1889 | Bluff | 07-Sep-1889 | 119 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Langstone | London | 29-May-1891 | Bluff | 18-Sep-1891 | 112 | Tait | . | ||
| Helen Denny | London | 25-Jun-1892 | Bluff | 18-Oct-1892 | 115 | J Carnell | . | ||
| Wairoa | London | 04-Aug-1892 | Bluff | 12-Nov-1892 | 100 | Fox | . | ||
| Pleiades | London | 07-Nov-1892 | Bluff | 07-Feb-1893 | 93 | A Moreton | . | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 15-Nov-1893 | Bluff | 14-Apr-1894 | 146 | Gasson | . | ||
| Waimea | London | 19-Aug-1895 | Bluff | 21-Dec-1895 | 112 | Haslam | . | ||
| Asterion | Gravesend | 29-Oct-1895 | Bluff | 19-Feb-1896 | 113 | Foote | . | ||
| Crusader | Glasgow | 11-Jun-1896 | Bluff | 10-Sep-1896 | 91 | Burton | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 29-May-1897 | Bluff | 10-Sep-1897 | 104 | R Bate | . | ||
| Waitangi | London | 23-Aug-1897 | Bluff | 29-Nov-1897 | 97 | Worster | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 22-Jun-1898 | Bluff | 26-Sep-1898 | 96 | R Bate | . | ||
| Timaru | London | 07-Sep-1898 | Bluff | 14-Dec-1898 | 98 | Cuthbert | . | ||
| Westland | London | 04-Oct-1899 | Bluff | 04-Jan-1900 | 82 | R Kelly | . |