Union Steamship Company of New Zealand - Merchant Fleets #32

Front Cover, Merchant Fleets # 32: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand by Duncan Haws, 1987. The Steamship Funnel Colors, Company Logo, and Illustration of the SS Rangatira I Appear on the Cover. GGA Image ID # 201291e460

Synopsis

Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited was once the largest shipping line in the southern hemisphere and New Zealand's largest private-sector employer. It was founded by James Mills in Dunedin in 1875 with the backing of a Scottish shipbuilder, Peter Denny.

Volume 32 by Duncan Haws provides a complete fleet list of 315 ships and essential technical and career highlights. Two hundred eighteen scale illustrations cover all but 29 of the earlier or smaller vessels.

CONTENTS

1. Introduction
2. Chronological Company history
3. Livery
4. Routes
5. Fleet List
6. Index

Back Cover, Merchant Fleets # 32: Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand by Duncan Haws, 1987. Illustrations of the Steamship SS Manowai I, SS Marama I, and SS Matua Appear on the Back Cover. Designed and Printed by Wye Valley Printers. GGA Image ID # 2012966187

From the Back Cover

This book is the story, from 1875 until the present day, of one of the greatest ever shipping companies. The Union Steamship Company of New Zealand must indeed hold the accolade of owning the largest number of magnificent passenger ships, both large and small.

They were resplendent with their bronze green, yellow-banded hulls and bright pink waterline and always surmounted by a majestic black-topped glowing red funnel. As usual, volume 32 of Merchant Fleets includes a basic chronological company history followed by a fleet list of 315 vessels with their technical and career accounts. There is also the largest yet coverage, with 218 scale profiles covering all but 29 of the earlier or smaller ships.

Library of Congress Catalog Listing

• Personal name: Haws, Duncan.
• Main title: Union Steamship Company of New Zealand / by Duncan Haws.
• Published/Created: Pembroke [Wales] : TCL Publications, 1997.
• Description: iv, 163 p. : ill., maps; 21 cm.
• LCCN: 99201021
• Invalid ISBN: 0946378320 (pbk.)
• Type of material: Book