| Name: | WAIROA |
| Type: | Sailing Vessel |
| Launched: | 13/11/1875 |
| Completed: | 01/1876 |
| Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Jarrow |
| Yard Number: | 326 |
| Dimensions: | 1057grt, 1015nrt, 204.1 x 34.2 x 20.0ft |
| Engines: | None |
| Engines by: | n/a |
| Propulsion: | Sail, rigged as a Ship; (1897: Barque) |
| Construction: | Iron |
| Reg Number: | 73621 |
| History: | |
| 08/03/1876 | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, London |
| 05/1895 | A/S Winnipeg (C Zernichow & O Gotaas), Christiania; renamed WINNIPEG |
| 05/1903 | JK Ahlsten, Nystad (Russian flag) |
| 1907 | J Saarinen, Nystad |
| 01/12/1907 | Missing |
| Comments: | Accommodation for 300 x emigrants |
| 01/12/1907: Sailed from Pensacola for Buenos Aires with a cargo of pitch pine | |
| Subsequently reported missing |
In the above photo the funnel belongs to a tug that is alongside on the port side
Above photos as WAIROA are copyright of the Alexander Turnbull Library