RIVER BOAT QUEEN
Jul 24, 2019
2 minutes
WORDS BY LAWRENCE SCHÄFFLER
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To appreciate the magnitude of the Waimarie’s resurrection, you have to rewind to her birth – and her ignominious sinking.
Designed and built in 1899 by Yarrow & Co. Shipbuilders at Poplar, London, her rivetted steel construction was transported in kitset form to Whanganui. Originally named , she was operated by the Whanganui Settlers River Steamship Co. until 1902, when she – the name means ‘good fortune – peaceful waters.’
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