| Ship | Date Launched | Tonnage | Length | Beam | Depth | Length of Poop | Length of Foc’s’le | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunedin | March | 1874 | 1250 | 241 | 36.1 | 20.9 | 70 | 35 |
| Dunedin | March | 1874 | 1250 | 241 | 36.1 | 20.9 | 70 | 35 |
| Canterbury | May | 1874 | 1245 | 239.7 | 36 | 20.8 | 70 | 35 |
| Invercargill | June | 1874 | 1246 | 239.7 | 36 | 20.7 | 70 | 35 |
| Auckland | July | 1874 | 1245 | 239.8 | 36 | 20.7 | 70 | 35 |
| Nelson | Aug. | 1874 | 1247 | 239.3 | 36 | 20.7 | 70 | 35 |
| Wellington | Sept. | 1874 | 1247 | 239.8 | 36 | 20.7 | 70 | 35 |
“AKAROA.”
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“INVERCARGILL,” off Tairoa Heads.
Lent by F. G. Layton.
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All these ships, with the exception of Dunedin, which went missing when homeward bound with frozen meat in 1889, were sailing the seas in the twentieth century, and until Shaw, Savill sold them in 1904-5 were still making good passages. Even after they had ceased to carry emigrants, their outward passages were constantly under 80 days; and the frozen mutton did not affect their homeward runs as much as one would expect, for I find the Nelson running from Wellington to the Lizard in 1889-90 in 83 days; the Auckland from Wellington to the Lizard in 1899 in 84 days; Invercargill from Timaru to the Wight in 1895, in 85 days, and Wellington from Timaru to the Lizard in 1900 in 79 days.
The Canterbury was credited with a run out of 64 days. She was at her best off the wind in a strong breeze. She was still afloat at the outbreak of the war, owned in Tordesstrand, Norway.