- Scrapped, broken up, demolished, sunk

1. HMNZS HINAU - the hulk of this Royal New Zealand Navy WWII minesweeper has for years lain decaying on the Whakatiwai foreshore just north of Kaiaua, SE of Auckland. For many years most locals have...
Date: 1982
Image ID 14309

2. HMNZS HINAU - the hulk of this Royal New Zealand Navy WWII minesweeper has for years lain decaying on the Whakatiwai foreshore just north of Kaiaua, SE of Auckland. For many years most locals have...
Date: 28 July 2014
Image ID 14308

3. SPAR SIRIUS (1996 / 25968gt / 47051dwt / IMO 9104615, ex-WESTERN TRANSPORTER) arriving into Auckland. Owned, operated and managed by Spar Shipping of Norway. She was scrapped at Alang in 2016
Date: 2015
Image ID 13958

4. SOUTHERN PROGRESS - originally a 35m Lyttelton-based fishing boat but more recently a vessel used to deliver aid to Pacific island villages, was towed into Auckland for scrapping after being abandoned...
Date: 12 April 2024
Image ID 13505

5. SOUTHERN PROGRESS - originally a 35m Lyttelton-based fishing boat but more recently a vessel used to deliver aid to Pacific island villages, is towed into Auckland for scrapping after being abandoned...
Date: 12 April 2024
Image ID 13504

6. GOLDEN TRADER (1990/11572grt/IMO 8302260, ex-QUARRY BANK, VENUS, UNISERRA, RADOM), minus her name, approaches Wynyard Wharf, Auckland, NZ prior to receiving her new name of ALEXANDER. Later still she...
Date: 19 August 2003
Image ID 13404

7. GOLDEN TRADER (1990/11572grt/IMO 8302260, ex-QUARRY BANK, VENUS, UNISERRA, RADOM), minus her name, approaches Wynyard Wharf, Auckland, NZ prior to receiving her new name of ALEXANDER. Later still she...
Date: 19 August 2003
Image ID 13403

8. MATHILDE SCHULTE (2015/IMO 9676709/27279gt/30337dwt/2339TEU/ex-CMA CGM Brazil) departs Auckland bound for Tauranga near to the close of racing during Auckland’s Anniversary Day Regatta. She is...
Date: 29 January 2024
Image ID 13352

9. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest...
Date: 31 August 2023
Image ID 13162

10. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest...
Date: 31 August 2023
Image ID 13161

11. HMNZS AOTEAROA, HMNZS WELLINGTON (centre), HMNZS MANAWANUI (centre, obscured) and HMNZS CANTERBURY - ships of the RNZN seen at sunset at Auckland's Devonport Naval Base.
Date: 7 January 2023
Image ID 13009

12. VILLE D'AQUARIUS (1996/40465grt/IMO 9125607, renamed LYKES TIGER), Southampton, England.
Date: 11 June 2000
Image ID 12490

13. VILLE D'AQUARIUS (1996/40465grt/IMO 9125607, renamed LYKES TIGER), Southampton, England. In the background is P&O's ARCADIA (1989/63524grt/IMO 8611398, ex-SITMAR FAIRMAJESTY, STAR PRINCESS. Renamed...
Date: 11 June 2000
Image ID 12489

14. CEMSEA (1979/2657gt/3885dwt/IMO 7719143, ex-CORAL SEA, PUERTO DE AGUILAS, DURO SELS. Renamed CEMASH, NAFTOCEMENT VI) discharges in Southampton. She was built by Duro Felguera of Dijon, Spain. At the...
Date: February 1997
Image ID 12485

15. CRUISE MUHIBAH (1970/11940gt/IMO 7011515, ex-AMBASSADOR II, AMBASSADOR, MUNSTER, NORDIC SUN, PRINZ OBERON, PRINS OBERON) in 1997 as AMBASSADOR II she was converted into a casino ship but it seems she...
Date: 2007
Image ID 12432

16. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest...
Date: 26 June 2020
Image ID 12412

17. HMNZS MANAWANUI (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662, ex-EDDA FONN) a former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel awaiting the arrival of the replenishment tanker AOTEAROA, the newest...
Date: 26 June 2020
Image ID 12411

18. MELANESIAN CHIEF (1990/10352gt/13387dwt/981TEU/IMO 8809191, ex-CORAL CHIEF, PACIFIC HARMONY) - owned, managed and operated by Swire Shipping of Singapore, departs Auckland at the end of her career....
Date: 15 May 2020
Image ID 12395

19. Storm clouds gather over HMNZS AOTEAROA, HMNZS CANTERBURY AND HMNZS MANAWANUI berthed at the RNZN Naval Base, Devonport.
Date: 3 JAnuary 2021
Image ID 12258

20. MORNING MIDAS (2006/46800grt/I12249dwt/IMO 9289910) inbound to Auckland from Singapore. Owned and managed by Zodiac Maritime of London. On a voyage from China to Mexico in late May 2025, she caught...
Date: 7 May 2020
Image ID 12190

21. MELANESIAN CHIEF (1990/10352gt/13387dwt/IMO 8809191, ex-CORAL CHIEF, PACIFIC HARMONY) sails from Auckland in the twilight of her career. She was broken up soon after this picture.
Date: 15 May 2020
Image ID 12177

22. MORNING MIDAS (2006/46800grt/I12249dwt/IMO 9289910) inbound to Auckland from Singapore. Owned and managed by Zodiac Maritime of London. On a voyage from China to Mexico in late May 2025, she caught...
Date: 7 May 2020
Image ID 12007

23. EDDA FONN (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662) - this former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel arrived in Auckland this morning. Purchased by the New Zealand government she will...
Date: 16 May 2019
Image ID 11775

24. EDDA FONN (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662) - this former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel arrived in Auckland this morning. Purchased by the New Zealand government she will...
Date: 16 May 2019
Image ID 11773

25. EDDA FONN (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662) at right - this former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel arrived in Auckland this morning. Purchased by the New Zealand government she...
Date: 16 May 2019
Image ID 11772

26. EDDA FONN (2003/4523grt/2800dwt/IMO 9273662) - this former Norwegian oil and gas industry offshore supply vessel arrived in Auckland this morning. Purchased by the New Zealand government she will...
Date: 16 May 2019
Image ID 11771

27. BLACK WATCH (1972/28670grt/IMO 7108930, ex-STAR ODYSSEY, WESTWARD, ROYAL VIKING STAR. Scrapped in 2022) - she may be 47 years old but she looks as fresh as the day she was launched. Fred Olsen's BLACK...
Date: March 2019
Image ID 11734

28. MORNING MIDAS (2006/46800grt/I12249dwt/IMO 9289910) inbound to Auckland from Singapore. Owned and managed by Zodiac Maritime of London. On a voyage from China to Mexico in late May 2025, she caught...
Date: 27 February 2019
Image ID 11672

29. THE TOPAZ (1956/32327grt/IMO 5103924, ex-OLYMPIC, FIESTAMARINA, CARNIVALE, QUEEN ANNA MARIA, EMPRESS OF BRITAIN) in the colours of the Peaceboat, a Japan-based non-governmental organisation (NGO),...
Date: 13 January 2005
Image ID 11475

30. NORFOLK GUARDIAN (1987/1598grt/IMO 8600856, ex-ARKTIS OCEAN) - Pooof!!! And she's gone!! Sailing from Auckland in a puff of smoke bound for Norfolk Island. Demolished 2018.
Date: 16 July 2018
Image ID 11379

31. CENTURY LEADER No. 5/1986/50867grt/15539dwt/IMO 8513510) arriving Auckland. She was owned and managed by Hachiuma Steamship Co Ltd of Japan. She was broken up in 2014.
Date: 1 November 2009
Image ID 11258

32. ENDEAVOUR ALOFI - the former RNZN fleet tanker made her final castoff from Devonport Naval Base this afternoon, making for the scrapyards at Alang, India at the end of a long career. Now no longer a...
Date: 20 March 2018
Image ID 11244

33. ENDEAVOUR ALOFI - the former Royal New Zealand Navy fleet tanker makes her final castoff from Devonport Naval Base making for the scrapyards at Alang, India at the end of a long career. Now no longer...
Date: 23 March 2018
Image ID 11243

34. ENDEAVOUR - the former RNZN fleet tanker makes her final castoff from Devonport Naval Base this afternoon, making for the scrapyards at Alang, India at the end of a long career. Now no longer a...
Date: 23 March 2018
Image ID 11242

35. COLUMBUS (1989/63524grt/IMO 8611398, ex-PACIFIC PEARL, OCEAN VILLAGE, ARCADIA, STAR PRINCESS, SITMAR FAIRMAJESTY) sails from Auckland bound for Tauranga following her maiden call since joing the...
Date: 17 February 2018
Image ID 11195

36. SHIPS MONTHLY (UK) - May 2017.
Date: May 2017
Image ID 10902

37. BLACK WATCH (1972/28670grt/IMO 7108930, ex-STAR ODYSSEY, WESTWARD, ROYAL VIKING STAR. Scrapped in 2022) sails from Auckland bound for Tauranga in the new Fred Olsen Cruises livery. It's her first...
Date: 17 February 2017
Image ID 10859

38. LOYAL (1968/221grt/IMO 6826949, ex-HAUROKO II, HAUROKO) laid up at Auckland's Bayswater Marina since 2008 and looking every one of her 48 years, has been up for sale for scrap for some time but so...
Date: 30 November 2016
Image ID 10749

39. LOYAL (1968/221grt/IMO 6826949, ex-HAUROKO II, HAUROKO) laid up at Auckland's Bayswater Marina since 2008 and looking every one of her 48 years, has been up for sale for scrap for some time but so...
Date: 30 November 2016
Image ID 10748

40. LOYAL (1968/221grt/IMO 6826949, ex-HAUROKO II, HAUROKO) laid up at Auckland's Bayswater Marina since 2008 and looking every one of her 48 years, has been up for sale for scrap for some time but so...
Date: 30 November 2016
Image ID 10747

41. UNION ROTOITI (1977/23971grt/IMO 7366233. Renamed ROTOITI, CP ROTOITI in 2005, then ROTOITI, GULF STRAIT and finally ULF in 2006 prior to scrapping) - Union Steamship Company's last master Captain...
Date: 2007
Image ID 10448

42. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10434

43. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10433

44. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10432

45. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10431

46. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10430

47. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10429

48. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10428

49. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10427

50. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) a vintage Waitemata Harbour commuter ferry formerly running between Auckland City, NZ and the North Shore suburb of Devonport unexpectedly sank at her berth in early March 2016....
Date: 15 April 2016
Image ID 10426

51. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - A sad sight after she sank at her berth overnight, the salvage team discuss operations to raise her.
Date: 8 March 2016
Image ID 10403