Photograph, the 'Awarua II'; Unknown Photographer; 1940 - 1949; BL.2018.1
Photograph, the 'Awarua II'
About this object
This photograph shows the 'Awarua II' billowing smoke as it guides a vessel being towed to the breakers yard. The 'Awarua II' was Bluff's harbour tug for 46 years.
The Awarua II:
The Bluff Harbour Board commissioned Hobnite & Co Ltd of Glasgow to build the Tug Boat Awarua II and she was delivered by Captain F Donovan in November 1932. Builder’s specifications noted that the Awarua II was one of the most power ships in the world and with her two steam reciprocating engine and a 1,200 horsepower, she was the most power ship in New Zealand.
In 1989 she was scuttled in Foveaux Strait as a diving attraction. During this process, one of the Awarua II's engines was saved and is now an operational interactive display at the Bluff Maritime Museum.
Oceania, New Zealand, South Island, Southland, Bluff
Maker Maker RolePhotographer
Date Made1940 - 1949
Inscription and Marks'BL.2018.1' handwritten in pencil
Period1940s
Object Type Subject and Association Keywords Medium and Materialsorganic, vegetal, processed material, paper, photographic paper
Object numberBL.2018.1
Copyright LicenceCopyright status unknown - orphaned work
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