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This is The New Zealand Shipping Company's "Wairoa", she was built in 1875 and in 1895 she was sold to a Norwegian company.

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"Wairoa"

1057 gross
Passengers 300 emigrants
13/11/1875: Launched by Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow and registered in London.
21/05/1879: Registry transfered to Lyttelton.
25/05/1888: Registry transfered back to London.
05/1893: Laid up.
05/1895: Sold to A/S Winnipeg, Christiania and renamed "Winnipeg"
05/1903: Sold to J.K. Ahlsten, Nystad (Russian flag)
1907: Sold to J. Saarinen, Nystad.
01/12/1907: Left Pensacola for Buenos Aires with pitch pine and went missing.
 

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Thanks for the info Tom. There was very little on the picture.

Frank
 

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