MAORI

BUILT IN 1893 BY SWAN & HUNTER IN WALLSEND IN 1893, SHE WAS SOME 5200 TONNES.SHE WAS WRECKED IN 1904 OF DUIKER POINT ( S.AFRICA, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE ) WHILE ON VOYAGE FROM LONDON TO DUNEDIN, WITH MAJOR LOSS OF LIFE. THE ABOVE PICTURE SHOWS MAORI MOORED AT A JETTY, WITH THE EDWIN FOX MOORED ALONG SIDE HER.