Painting of the SS Maori

Arthur Hayden's watercolour captures the Union Steam Ship Company's Lyttelton–Wellington ferry Maori alongside the Wellington inter-island berth. The Maori was a mainstay of the inter-island service from 1907 until 1931, when the Rangatira arrived. The Maori became a relief ship, but was forced back into regular inter-island service during the Second World War. Laid up again in 1944, the vessel was eventually scrapped in 1951.

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Lyttelton-Wellington ferries
Merchant marine

Keywords

shipping

painting

ferries

wellington city

Credit

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: A-155-018.
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