Between 1883 and 1890
![]()
Port of Wellington
| Ship | Port Dep | Sailed | Port Arr | Arrived | Days | Captain | Notes | Passenger Lists | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perthshire | . | 8/09/1882 | Wellington | 3/01/1883 | . | Sember | . | ||
| May Queen | Gravesend | 27/09/1882 | Wellington | 6/01/1883 | 101 | Colville | Brought out 7½ standard passengers | ||
| Duncraig | . | 13/10/1882 | Wellington | 15/01/1883 | . | Storm | . | ||
| Aorangi | London | 30/11/1882 | Wellington | 17/01/1883 | 46 | W A Turpin | via Plymouth, where it left on 2/12/1882 | Go to URL | |
| Pareora | London | 18/10/1882 | Wellington | 18/01/1883 | 92 | Power | . | Go to URL | |
| Gareloch | London | 15/11/1882 | Wellington | 9/02/1883 | 84 | Donaldson | . | ||
| Montrose | London | 7/12/1882 | Wellington | 4/03/1883 | . | A Billet | . | Go to URL | |
| Closeburn | Glasgow | 29/11/1882 | Wellington | 18/03/1883 | . | Anderson | . | Go to URL | |
| British King | Plymouth | 28/01/1883 | Wellington | 19/03/1883 | . | Kelly | Voyage No. 1 | Go to URL | |
| Waimea | . | 3/01/1883 | Wellington | 19/04/1883 | 106 | Canese | . | ||
| Halcione | Gravesend | 6/01/1883 | Wellington | 1/05/1883 | 115 | Parker | No passengers. | ||
| British Queen SS | Plymouth | 24/03/1883 | Wellington | 15/05/1883 | 49 | S Nowell | Voy. 1. 415 passengers including 213 for Wellington. Proceeded to Lyttelton with some passengers for Nelson. | Go to URL | |
| Ionic | Gravesend | 26/04/1883 | Wellington | 12/06/1883 | 48 | . | via Plymouth which it left on 28/4/1883 | Invercargill Pass. | |
| Lastingham | London | 13/03/1883 | Wellington | 7/07/1883 | . | Alex Morrison | . | Go to URL | |
| Oxford | Plymouth | 26/04/1883 | Wellington | 23/07/1883 | 88 | Braddock | . | Go to URL | |
| Timaru | London | 23/04/1883 | Wellington | 26/07/1883 | 94 | Duncan Fullerton | . | ||
| Wairoa | . | 18/05/1883 | Wellington | 29/08/1883 | 102 | Holbeche | . | ||
| Wave Queen | . | 19/05/1883 | Wellington | 30/08/1883 | 103 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Mercia | London | 16/06/1883 | Wellington | 2/10/1883 | . | . | . | ||
| Pleione | . | 13/07/1883 | Wellington | 27/10/1883 | 106 | Renaut | . | ||
| Westland | London | 11/08/1883 | Wellington | 31/10/1883 | 81 | Moffatt | Brought out 321 passengers | ||
| Ionic | Gravesend | 21/09/1883 | Wellington | 8/11/1883 | 47 | Parsall | via Plymouth which it left on 22/9/1883. Brought out approx. 600 passengers. | ||
| Orari | . | 28/07/1883 | Wellington | 24/11/1883 | 119 | Keen | . | ||
| British King | Gravesend | 3/11/1883 | Wellington | 22/12/1883 | 47 | Kelly | via Plymouth, where it left on 5/11/1883. | Go to URL | |
| Margaret Galbraith | London | 30/09/1883 | Wellington | 5/01/1884 | 95 | Carden | . | ||
| Villalta | Liverpool | 1/10/1883 | Wellington | 11/01/1884 | . | Thompson | . | ||
| Loch Cree | Gravesend | 22/09/1883 | Wellington | 13/01/1884 | . | John Jones | . | ||
| Aorangi | London | 30/11/1883 | Wellington | 17/01/1884 | 43 | W A Turpin | Maiden voyage via Plymouth, where it left on 2/12/1883. Brought out 326 passengers. | ||
| Waimea | London | 3/11/1883 | Wellington | 14/02/1884 | 103 | Canese | . | ||
| Peebleshire | Glasgow | 2/11/1883 | Wellington | 15/02/1884 | . | Miller | . | ||
| British Queen SS | London | 26/12/1883 | Wellington | 17/02/1884 | . | Wills | Voy. 3. Via Plymouth, where it left on 29/12/1883, with 321 immigrants, which included 262 Govt assisted. | ||
| Invercargill | Gravesend | 21/11/1883 | Wellington | 20/02/1884 | 91 | John Muir | 45 passengers | ||
| Loch Ken | Gravesend | 4/12/1883 | Wellington | 7/03/1884 | 96 | Wilson | Mrs Wilson, wife of Captain | ||
| Halcione | Gravesend | 29/11/1883 | Wellington | 12/03/1884 | 111 | Parker | Had a few passengers. | ||
| Ionic | London | 25/01/1884 | Wellington | 13/03/1884 | . | . | via Plymouth which it left on 28/1/1884. Proceeded to Lyttelton | Go to URL | Another List |
| Merope | London | 31/12/1883 | Wellington | 9/04/1884 | 100 | I Sutherland | . | Go to URL | |
| Cooleen | London | 1/01/1884 | Wellington | 19/04/1884 | 109 | Barkley | Cargo only | Go to URL | |
| British King | Plymouth | 15/03/1884 | Wellington | 10/05/1884 | . | Kelly | . | ||
| The Auckland | Gravesend | 7/02/1884 | Wellington | 10/05/1884 | 93 | Alex McDougall | . | ||
| Victory SS | London | 26/03/1884 | Wellington | 25/05/1884 | . | Elcoate | Brought out 470 passnegers, including 370 Govt. immigrants. | ||
| Lurline | . | 23/02/1884 | Wellington | 12/06/1884 | 109 | Adair | . | ||
| Bombay S S | Plymouth | 26/04/1884 | Wellington | 19/06/1884 | . | Holloway | Voyage 2. | ||
| Mercia | Gravesend | 25/03/1884 | Wellington | 29/06/1884 | . | . | . | ||
| Hudson | Gravesend | 11/03/1884 | Wellington | 30/06/1884 | 112 | Thomas | . | ||
| Ruapehu | Plymouth | 31/05/1884 | Wellington | 14/07/1884 | 41 | W C Crutchley | Proceeded to Lyttelton | Invercargill Pass. | |
| Zealandia | London | 16/04/1884 | Wellington | 18/07/1884 | 93 | Phillips | Built 1869 | ||
| Peter Stuart | . | 3/05/1884 | Wellington | 25/08/1884 | . | Vanstone | . | ||
| Lastingham | London | 28/05/1884 | Wellington | 1/09/1884 | . | Alex Morrison | Ship did not make Wellington. Was wrecked at Jackson's Head, spring 1884. | ||
| Cape Clear | Liverpool | 7/06/1884 | Wellington | 13/09/1884 | . | McLean | Passengers - Messrs Tyler & Lenaker. | ||
| Aorangi | Plymouth | 2/08/1884 | Wellington | 15/09/1884 | . | W A Turpin | 150 passengers | ||
| Doric | London | 2/09/1884 | Wellington | 17/10/1884 | . | . | . | ||
| Orari | . | 9/07/1884 | Wellington | 19/10/1884 | 101 | Keen | . | ||
| Pleione | . | 5/07/1884 | Wellington | 22/10/1884 | 108 | Renaut | . | ||
| Trevelyn | London | 3/08/1884 | Wellington | 21/11/1884 | 110 | A F Roberts | . | Go to URL | |
| Piako | . | 18/08/1884 | Wellington | 27/11/1884 | 101 | Scruby | . | ||
| Lady Jocelyn | Gravesend | 30/08/1883 | Wellington | 1/12/1884 | 94 | Watt | via Portsmouth, where it left on 18/09/1883. | ||
| Helen Denny | Gravesend | 12/09/1884 | Wellington | 18/12/1884 | 97 | James | 9 passengers | ||
| Tongariro | London | 20/11/1884 | Wellington | 4/01/1885 | . | . | . | ||
| Opawa | . | 3/10/1884 | Wellington | 8/01/1885 | 97 | Mathers | . | ||
| Ionic | Gravesend | 4/12/1884 | Wellington | 20/01/1885 | . | J G Cameron | via Plymouth which it left on 6/12/1884 with 479 passengers. Proceeded to Port Chalmers. | ||
| Mataura | London | 17/11/1884 | Wellington | 11/02/1885 | 85 | Cruickshank | Cargo only | ||
| Rimutaka | London | 13/01/1885 | Wellington | 3/03/1885 | . | . | . | Go to URL | |
| Akaroa | Gravesend | 27/10/1884 | Wellington | 10/03/1885 | 130 | Thomas Bowling | 3, 2nd Class and 7, 3rd Class | Go to URL | |
| Halcione | Gravesend | 9/12/1884 | Wellington | 31/03/1885 | 114 | Parker | Brought out 24 immigrants. | Go to URL | |
| Dunscore | London | 30/12/1884 | Wellington | 1/04/1885 | 92 | Hind | No passengers | ||
| Villalta | . | 22/12/1884 | Wellington | 9/04/1885 | . | Thompson | . | ||
| Kaikoura | London | 12/03/1885 | Wellington | 28/04/1885 | 45 | W C Crutchley | 364 passengers | Bluff Pass. | |
| Rangitikei | London | 10/02/1885 | Wellington | 20/05/1885 | 105 | Cottier | . | ||
| Highland Glen | . | 23/01/1885 | Wellington | 28/05/1885 | . | Crane | . | ||
| Ionic | Gravesend | 23/04/1885 | Wellington | 14/06/1885 | . | J G Cameron | via Port Chalmers | ||
| City of Florence | London | 26/03/1885 | Wellington | 29/06/1885 | 95 | Leask | 2 passengers onboard | ||
| Coronilla | . | 24/03/1885 | Wellington | 23/07/1885 | 120 | Carruthers | . | ||
| Earl Derby | London | 11/04/1885 | Wellington | 23/07/1885 | . | Kerr | . | ||
| Kaikoura | Plymouth | 4/07/1885 | Wellington | 17/08/1885 | . | W C Crutchley | . | ||
| Formosa | . | 28/05/1885 | Wellington | 4/09/1885 | . | McGowan | . | ||
| Scottish Admiral | London | 22/05/1885 | Wellington | 4/09/1885 | . | Ross | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 16/06/1885 | Wellington | 29/09/1885 | 105 | Phillips | Built 1869 | Go to URL | |
| Nelson | . | 15/07/1885 | Wellington | 15/10/1885 | . | . | . | ||
| Otaki | . | 6/07/1885 | Wellington | 17/10/1885 | 102 | Worster | . | ||
| Canterbury | . | 31/07/1885 | Wellington | 25/10/1885 | 86 | McMillan | . | ||
| Ionic | Gravesend | 11/09/1885 | Wellington | 28/10/1885 | . | J G Cameron | via Plymouth which it left on 12/9/1885. Proceeded to Port Chalmers. | ||
| Piako | . | 10/08/1885 | Wellington | 16/11/1885 | 98 | Sutherland | . | ||
| Helen Denny | Glasgow | 14/08/1885 | Wellington | 19/11/1885 | 97 | James | 16 steerage passengers | ||
| Pleione | . | 7/09/1885 | Wellington | 27/12/1885 | 111 | Renaut | . | ||
| Loch Bredan | Liverpool | 26/09/1885 | Wellington | 11/01/1886 | 107 | Cumming | . | . | |
| Bredan | London | Wellington | 11/01/1886 | 108 | Cumming | . | |||
| Hurunui | . | 25/09/1885 | Wellington | 17/01/1886 | 114 | Donaldson | . | ||
| Wave Queen | . | 19/10/1885 | Wellington | 3/02/1886 | 107 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Opawa | . | 7/11/1885 | Wellington | 12/02/1886 | 96 | Hamon | . | ||
| Candidate | Liverpool | 10/11/1885 | Wellington | 1/03/1886 | . | Curry | . | ||
| Invercargill | Gravesend | 4/12/1885 | Wellington | 2/03/1886 | 88 | John Muir | 23 passengers | ||
| Buttermere | London | 1/12/1885 | Wellington | 2/03/1886 | . | Ogilvie | . | Go to URL | |
| Mataura | London | 3/12/1885 | Wellington | 11/03/1886 | 97 | Cruickshank | Brought out 1 passenger | ||
| Shakespeare | Greenock | 25/11/1885 | Wellington | 12/03/1886 | . | Luen | . | ||
| Ionic | Plymouth | 31/01/1886 | Wellington | 21/03/1886 | . | J G Cameron | via Auckland | ||
| Oamaru | . | 3/02/1886 | Wellington | 7/05/1886 | 93 | Maxwell | . | ||
| Crusader | Glasgow | 28/03/1886 | Wellington | 22/06/1886 | 86 | Scotland | . | ||
| Wanganui | . | 22/04/1886 | Wellington | 12/08/1886 | 112 | Adams | . | ||
| Canterbury | London | 1/06/1886 | Wellington | 13/09/1886 | 104 | McMillan | . | ||
| Orari | . | 27/06/1886 | Wellington | 2/10/1886 | 96 | Keen | . | ||
| Doric | London | 9/09/1886 | Wellington | 27/10/1886 | . | . | |||
| Timaru | London | 5/08/1886 | Wellington | 19/11/1886 | 106 | Duncan Fullerton | 28 passengers on board | ||
| Turakina | . | 23/08/1886 | Wellington | 1/12/1886 | 101 | Power | . | ||
| Ionic | London | 4/11/1886 | Wellington | 22/12/1886 | . | J G Cameron | via Plymouth which it left on 6/11/1886. Via Auckland | ||
| Pleione | . | 17/09/1886 | Wellington | 29/12/1886 | 100 | Culbert | . | ||
| Jessie Readman | Liverpool | 4/10/1886 | Wellington | 17/01/1887 | 105 | Gibson | 3 passengers | ||
| Hurunui | . | 13/10/1886 | Wellington | 19/01/1887 | 98 | Donaldson | . | ||
| Hudson | Glasgow | 14/10/1886 | Wellington | 1/02/1887 | 115 | A Kemp | Brought out 1 family and 1 other. | ||
| Invercargill | London | 30/10/1886 | Wellington | 4/02/1887 | 97 | John Muir | . | ||
| Kaikoura | Plymouth | 16/01/1887 | Wellington | 27/02/1887 | . | W C Crutchley | . | ||
| Western Monarch | . | 16/12/1886 | Wellington | 19/03/1887 | 93 | Cawse | . | ||
| Arawa | Plymouth | 26/02/1887 | Wellington | 11/04/1887 | . | John Stuart | . | ||
| Aorangi | London | 10/03/1887 | Wellington | 24/04/1887 | . | J A Sutcliffe | via Plymouth, where it left on 12/03/1887. No passengers. | ||
| Trevelyn | . | 12/01/1887 | Wellington | 29/04/1887 | 106 | Bowling | . | ||
| Ionic | Plymouth | 26/03/1887 | Wellington | 13/05/1887 | . | J G Cameron | via Auckland | ||
| Coptic | London | 23/04/1887 | Wellington | 8/06/1887 | . | W H Kidley | Voy. 8 - left London on 21/04/1887. | ||
| Kaikoura | Plymouth | 4/06/1887 | Wellington | 17/07/1887 | . | W C Crutchley | . | ||
| Aorangi | London | 28/07/1887 | Wellington | 12/09/1887 | . | J A Sutcliffe | via Plymouth, where it left on 30/07/1887. | Go to URL | |
| Wanganui | London | 6/06/1887 | Wellington | 22/09/1887 | 108 | Watt | . | ||
| Wave Queen | . | 30/06/1887 | Wellington | 16/10/1887 | 108 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Opawa | . | 30/07/1887 | Wellington | 24/10/1887 | 86 | Hamon | . | ||
| Ruapehu | Plymouth | 24/09/1887 | Wellington | 6/11/1887 | . | H E Greenstreet | No passengers | ||
| Himalaya | Liverpool | 5/08/1887 | Wellington | 8/11/1887 | . | Patterson | No passengers | ||
| Marlborough | Greenock | 16/08/1887 | Wellington | 20/11/1887 | 90 | Herd | Departed London on 20/8/1887. Via Bluff and port Chalmers. | Go to URL | |
| Kaikoura | Plymouth | 22/10/1887 | Wellington | 3/12/1887 | . | W C Crutchley | . | Bluff Pass. | |
| Guinevere | London | 5/04/1886 | Wellington | 20/12/1887 | 269 | Ford | . | ||
| Invercargill | London | 15/10/1887 | Wellington | 2/01/1888 | 79 | John Muir | 16 passengers | Go to URL | |
| Tongariro | Plymouth | 19/11/1887 | Wellington | 2/01/1888 | 41 | J E Bone | via Madeira, Capetown & Hobart | Go to URL | |
| Aorangi | Plymouth | 17/12/1887 | Wellington | 30/01/1888 | . | J A Sutcliffe | No passengers | ||
| Waimea | . | 9/11/1887 | Wellington | 2/02/1888 | 85 | Pottinger | . | ||
| Ruapehu | Plymouth | 11/02/1888 | Wellington | 25/03/1888 | 42 | H E Greenstreet | Brought out 120 passengers | Go to URL | |
| Arawa | London | 21/04/1888 | Wellington | 11/06/1888 | . | John Stuart | via Auckland. 20 passengers for Wellington | ||
| Aorangi | Plymouth | 5/05/1888 | Wellington | 17/06/1888 | . | J A Sutcliffe | No passengers | ||
| Hermione | Gravesend | 28/03/1888 | Wellington | 25/06/1888 | 89 | Parker | No Passengers | ||
| Ruapehu | Plymouth | 30/06/1888 | Wellington | 12/08/1888 | . | H E Greenstreet | No passengers | ||
| Kaikoura | Plymouth | 28/07/1888 | Wellington | 8/09/1888 | . | W C Crutchley | . | ||
| Soukar | . | 24/06/1888 | Wellington | 12/10/1888 | 110 | J E Croker | . | ||
| Arawa | London | 6/09/1888 | Wellington | 22/10/1888 | . | John Stuart | via Plymouth, which it left on 8/9/1888. | ||
| Himalaya | London | 10/07/1888 | Wellington | 27/10/1888 | 107 | Paterson | . | ||
| Orari | . | 4/08/1888 | Wellington | 26/11/1888 | 113 | Miller | . | ||
| Invercargill | London | 1/09/1888 | Wellington | 10/12/1888 | 98 | John Muir | . | ||
| Coptic | Plymouth | 3/11/1888 | Wellington | 19/12/1888 | . | G Burton | Voy. 12 | ||
| Jessie Readman | Liverpool | 14/09/1888 | Wellington | 1/01/1889 | 109 | Gibson | Cargo only | ||
| Turakina | . | 3/10/1888 | Wellington | 8/01/1889 | 85 | Power | . | ||
| Euterpe | . | 3/11/1888 | Wellington | 19/02/1889 | 107 | A Banks | Brought out 7 passengers | Go to URL | |
| Brahmin | Gravesend | 28/11/1888 | Wellington | 3/03/1889 | 96 | McKenzie | . | ||
| Aorangi | Plymouth | 9/02/1889 | Wellington | 24/03/1889 | . | J A Sutcliffe | No passengers | ||
| Mercia | London | 19/12/1888 | Wellington | 31/03/1889 | . | . | . | ||
| Ruapehu | Plymouth | 6/04/1889 | Wellington | 26/05/1889 | . | E A Findlay | No passengers | ||
| Tainui | London | 18/04/1889 | Wellington | 9/06/1889 | . | B J Barlow | . | ||
| Kaikoura | London | 3/05/1889 | Wellington | 18/06/1889 | . | W C Crutchley | . | ||
| Coriolanus | England | 13/04/1889 | Wellington | 15/07/1889 | 93 | Torkilson | . | ||
| Arawa | Plymouth | 15/06/1889 | Wellington | 30/07/1889 | . | John Stuart | . | ||
| Aorangi | Plymouth | 29/06/1889 | Wellington | 13/08/1889 | . | J A Sutcliffe | No passengers | ||
| Pleione | London | 5/04/1889 | Wellington | 17/08/1889 | . | Ferguson | . | ||
| Wairoa | . | 16/05/1889 | Wellington | 25/08/1889 | 101 | Bungard | . | ||
| Zealandia | . | 15/06/1889 | Wellington | 15/09/1889 | 92 | Phillips | Built 1869 | ||
| Ruapehu | London | 28/08/1889 | Wellington | 13/10/1889 | . | E A Findlay | . | ||
| Kaikoura | Plymouth | 22/09/1889 | Wellington | 6/11/1889 | . | W C Crutchley | . | ||
| Waipa | . | 19/07/1889 | Wellington | 11/11/1889 | 115 | Forsdick | . | ||
| Himalaya | London | 14/08/1889 | Wellington | 6/12/1889 | 114 | Paterson | . | ||
| Lutterworth | Liverpool | 28/08/1889 | Wellington | 10/12/1889 | 102 | Streater | . | ||
| Arawa | London | 31/10/1889 | Wellington | 16/12/1889 | . | John Stuart | . | ||
| Aorangi | Plymouth | 16/11/1889 | Wellington | 30/12/1889 | . | J A Sutcliffe | via Hobart | ||
| Turakina | London | 2/10/1889 | Wellington | 5/01/1890 | 95 | Hamon | . | ||
| Oamaru | . | 26/10/1889 | Wellington | 20/01/1890 | 85 | Moffat | . | ||
| Coptic | London | 12/12/1889 | Wellington | 31/01/1890 | . | E J Smith | Voy. 15 - via Plymouth, where it left on 14/12/1889. | ||
| Peri | London | 13/11/1889 | Wellington | 19/02/1890 | . | J Steel | No passengers | ||
| Janet Court | Liverpool | 3/11/1889 | Wellington | 19/02/1890 | 104 | Hewer | No passengers. Proceeded to Port Chalmers. | ||
| Kaikoura | London | 5/02/1890 | Wellington | 24/03/1890 | 44 | W C Crutchley | 67 passengers - via Plymouth where it left on 8/02/1890 | Go to URL | |
| Tongariro | London | 6/03/1890 | Wellington | 21/04/1890 | . | J E Bone | . | Go to URL | |
| Akaroa | London | 20/12/1889 | Wellington | 29/04/1890 | 124 | Cuthbert | . | Go to URL | |
| Opawa | London | 13/01/1890 | Wellington | 30/04/1890 | 107 | Hamon | No passengers | ||
| Margaret Galbraith | . | 3/04/1890 | Wellington | 13/07/1890 | 101 | Carden | . | ||
| Ruapehu | London | 29/05/1890 | Wellington | 14/07/1890 | . | E A Findlay | via Teneriffe, Capetown & Hobart | ||
| Otaki | . | 18/03/1890 | Wellington | 18/07/1890 | 122 | Worster | . | ||
| Tainui | Plymouth | 14/06/1890 | Wellington | 29/07/1890 | . | E J Evans | via Teneriffe, Capetown & Hobart. | ||
| Lebu | Liverpool | 25/04/1890 | Wellington | 8/08/1890 | 105 | Waddell | . | ||
| Orari | London | 21/05/1890 | Wellington | 14/09/1890 | 116 | Miller | . | ||
| Arawa | London | 9/08/1890 | Wellington | 23/09/1890 | . | John Stuart | . | ||
| Himalaya | London | 14/06/1890 | Wellington | 5/10/1890 | 112 | Hill | . | ||
| Rakaia | London | 19/07/1890 | Wellington | 4/11/1890 | 108 | Cracroft | . | ||
| Rimutaka | London | 18/09/1890 | Wellington | 22/11/1890 | . | Herbert Edward Greenstreet | via Plymouth where it left on 20/09/1890. | ||
| Turakina | London | 1/09/1890 | Wellington | 5/12/1890 | 95 | Power | . | ||
| Ruapehu | London | 16/10/1890 | Wellington | 7/12/1890 | . | E A Findlay | via Tenerife, Capetown, Hobart and Port Chalmers. Arrived Hobart 27/11/1890. | ||
| Kaikoura | London | 13/11/1890 | Wellington | 30/12/1890 | . | W C Crutchley | via Plymouth where it left on 15/11/1890 | Go to URL |