SS Waihora (1882)

SS Waihora
History
Name	Waihora (1882-1906) Lysholt (1906-1911)
Owner	Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (1882-1903) Koe Guan Company (1903-1906) Diedrichsen & Jebsen & Company H. Diedrichsen (1909-1911)
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Yard number	264
Launched	25 November 1882
Fate	Scrapped in 1911
General characteristics
Tonnage	2,003  GRT 1,269  NT
Length	285 ft (87 m) [1]
Beam	36.2 ft (11.0 m)
Propulsion	Steam compound engine

SS Waihora was a 2,003-ton passenger cargo steamship built by William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton in 1882 for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.

Waihora stuck a rock of the coast of Tasmania in February 1886 and was holed. ^[2] She was sold subsequently to Koe Guan Company, Penang in 1903, to Diedrichsen & Jebsen & Company, Hamburg in 1906 and renamed Lysholt and later to H. Diedrichsen, Hamburg in 1909.

Fate

She was broken up at Shanghai in 1911.

Notes

1. "SS Waihora (1882)". Clyde built ships. Archived from the original on 20 March 2005. Retrieved 18 October 2011.
2. "The accident to the Waihora". The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 20 February 1886. p.14. Retrieved 18 October 2011.