1. 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
2. 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
3. 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
4. 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
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
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: 26 June 2020 Image ID 12412
10. 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
11. 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
12. 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
13. 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
14. 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
15. 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
16. 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
17. 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
18. 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
19. 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
20. 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
21. 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
22. 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
23. 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
24. 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
25. SHIPS MONTHLY (UK) - May 2017. Date: May 2017 Image ID 10902
26. 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
27. 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
28. 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
29. 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
30. 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
31. 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
32. 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
33. 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
34. 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
35. 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
36. 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
37. 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
38. 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
39. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight. Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10393
40. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight. Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10394
41. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight.
Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10395
42. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight. Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10396
43. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight. Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10397
44. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight.
Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10398
45. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight.
Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10399
46. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight.
Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10400
47. KESTREL (1909/342-grt) - I'm sure many Kiwis, both Aucklanders and not, will have fond memories of Kestrel. A sad sight indeed after she sank at her berth overnight.
Date: 8 March 2016 Image ID 10401
48. 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 10402
49. 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
50. ALBATROS (1973/28518grt/IMO 7304314, ex-CROWN, NORWEGIAN STAR, CROWN MARE NOSTRUM, ROYAL ODYSSEY, ROYAL VIKING SEA) sails at sunset from Auckland's Queens Wharf en-route to the Bay of Islands. Not... Date: 6 March 2016 Image ID 10389
51. ALBATROS (1973/28518grt/IMO 7304314, ex-CROWN, NORWEGIAN STAR, CROWN MARE NOSTRUM, ROYAL ODYSSEY, ROYAL VIKING SEA) - outbound from Auckland, the setting sun paints a golden glow on her hull as she... Date: 6 March 2016 Image ID 10390