| Name: | HURUNUI |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 17/09/1875 |
| Completed: | 11/1875 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 324 |
| Dimensions: | 1054grt, 1012nrt, 204.1 x 34.2 x 20.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1890: Rigged as a Barque) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 73588 |
| History: | |
| 12/11/1875 | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, London |
| 05/1895 | J Lindblom, Abo (Russian flag); renamed HERMES |
| 1898 | GA Lindblom, Abo, Finland |
| 1901 | Robert Mattson, Mariehamn |
| 04/04/1915 | Sank |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 300 x emigrants |
| 1882: The first vessel to enter the new graving dock at Lyttelton | |
| 1883: Sank after a collision with WAITARA off Portland Bill | |
| Subsequently raised & repaired | |
| 1890: Reduced to barque rig | |
| 04/04/1915: Captured & scuttled by U-boat U33, 35 miles S of St Catherine's Point, IoW | |
| On a voyage from London to Port Arthur in ballast |
Above photo showing HURUNUI in Lyttelton dock in 1882 is copyright of Allan C Green. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as HURUNUI is copyright of Allan C Green
Above photo as HURUNUI is copyright of Allan C Green
Shipping & Mercantile Gazette, Monday, 20/09/1875