| Name: | WAKANUI |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/11/1898 |
| Completed: | 02/1899 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 360 |
| Dimensions: | 5706grt, 3751nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 491nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 108566 |
| History: | |
| 25/02/1899 | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, Plymouth |
| 1913 | Brodmount Steamship Co Ltd (Blue Star Line Ltd), London; renamed BRODMOUNT |
| 1920 | Union Cold Storage Co Ltd (Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd), London |
| 1920 | Renamed STUARTSTAR |
| 04/10/1923 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 04/10/1923: Wrecked on a breakwater at the entrance to the New Waterway |
| On a voyage from Zarate to Bremerhaven with a cargo of frozen meat |
Above photo as WAKANUI is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as WAKANUI is copyright of the Royal Museums Greenwich
Above photo as WAKANUI is copyright of the Alexander Turnbull Library. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as BRODMOUNT is copyright of the Blue Star Archives
Above photo as STUARTSTAR is copyright of the Blue Star Archives
Above photo of wrecked STUARTSTAR is courtesy of Photoship
Shields Daily News, Wednesday, 16/11/1898