hello all from syndey i want to build a model i have drawings and stuff.were can i get some photos or any more info on her from???i went back home last week in lyttelton nz and got some plans but sadly not any photos i have check the gallery here there were three good ones.anyinfo welcome thank you matt
Hello Matt, There is a very good web site on the "wahine" (www.nzmaritime.co.nz/wahine) it tells the full story of her launch to her sinking. all the best Sherloc.
scale 1/8 foot about a dining table size round 6 feet long i have plans shell expansion and general plans all decks. lines and body plans. and profile.just in the drawing stage now as i have posted a photo of my rangitira model on this site.anyway i will post photos when time permits.cheers matt
just checked they are there.i have to post new pic with alot of work i have done.yes planing tev wahine just have to get around to building her.got plans ans some pics.cheers
Hi all I am new to this forum. Most of my life was spent in the Royal Australian Navy which included exchange duty with the Royal New Zealand Navy. I have joined this group as part of my quest to find out more about the NZ TEV RANGATIRA which I saw discussed here in this WAHINE thread. My aim is to be a working model of that beautiful ship which I saw at sea and entering/ leaving harbour. My biggest need to locate a set of ships hull line drawings but any other pointers from the model makers would be most appreciated. Cheers David
http://www.nzmaritime.co.nz/wahine
Sorry guys but in Western Australia I'm told there is no such page. Interest mainly because the day after the sinking I was mate on a China Nav ship which arrived in Wellington from Napier. We heard of the sinking at sea and of course it was all the pilot could talk about. I followed the enquiry from afar. The sadness stays with me. Regards auldme
I remember the Wahine disaster and seeing her in the harbour over near Eastbourne I was on a train going to Wellington from Lower Hutt. My friend's Uncle is a Wahine surviver and he is still alive. He was working on her.
I can still see her in my mind's eye from that day.
I was on the delivery voyage of the Wahine from Fairfields shipyard, then Greenock to Wellington. 5th engineer, then stayed on with the USSC until late 1969.
Hi Steamship, I joined Wahine about April '66, did the sea trials, then we left Greenock for NZ in June but turned back after about 24 hours because of a condenser fault. It took about 24-36 hours to replace the faulty condenser tubes then we sailed again. I don't remember dry docking.
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