| Name: | KAHU |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 18/02/1886 |
| Completed: | 03/1886 |
| Builder: | HS Edwards & Sons |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 34 |
| Dimensions: | 138grt, 99nrt, 115.0 x 19.1 x 8.8ft |
| Engines: | C2cyl (17 & 32 x 24ins), 40nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Iron & Steel |
| Reg Number: | 37116 |
| History: | |
| 27/071886 | George EG Richardson, Napier, New Zealand |
| 1899 | Richardson & Co Ltd, Napier |
| 1920 | Peter Munro, Napier |
| 1920 | Sanford Ltd, Aukland |
| 1933 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 23/03/1886: Sailed from North Shields for Napier, New Zealand |
| 23/07/1886: Arrived at Napier, New Zealand | |
| 1925: Partly stripped & used as a hulk | |
| 1933: Broken up at Auckland |
Above painting of KAHU is by Charles Basil Norton and dated 1915
Shields Daily Gazette, Thursday, 23/09/1886