Waitangi is still afloat flying Norwegian colours under the name of Agda.
Hurunui is also, I believe, still afloat under the Russian flag, her name being Hermes.
Orari was sold to the Italians in 1906 and converted into a hulk in 1909.
“Otaki’s” Record Passage Home.
Otaki is famous for her wonderful run home in 1877. She left Port Chalmers with Captain J. F. Millman in command at 4 p.m. on 11th March; was becalmed for four days off the New Zealand Coast; was then 22 days to the Horn; reached the Lizard 63 days out from her departure, and docked in London 69 days out. During this passage she only had eight hours of head winds. Otaki was nothing special in the way of sailing and never made more than 10 knots, so her passage must really be put down to amazing good luck. She was bought by the Germans and renamed Dr. Siegert, being wrecked in 1896.
Waipa went to the Norwegians in her old age, and I believe she is still afloat under the name of Munter.
Wairoa was bought by the Russians and renamed Winnipeg. She went missing in 1907 whilst bound from Pensacola to Buenos Ayres.
Opawa and Piako were two beautiful little ships. In 1877 Opawa went from the London Docks to New Zealand and home again with wool in 6 months 9 days. And in 1893 she made the passage New Zealand to Liverpool in 83 days. She was still afloat in quite recent years under the name of Aquila and Norwegian colours. The sister ship Piako went missing in 1900 on a passage from Melbourne to the Cape, being then German owned.
The Wanganui, last ship built for the firm, was still afloat when the war started as the Norwegian barque Blenheim.