Te Hongi

Te Hongi

Vessel Name   Te Hongi
Builder   John Stewart Banner
Place built   Hokianga
Year built   1934
Construction   Double-skin NZ Kauri
LOA   43
Beam   9,6
Owners   Jack (or Jaques) Markwalder (1948); Bert Lamb H. F. Lamb (Wellington, 19??-1946); Shelley Atkinson (Auckland, 1935-19??)
Notes   6' draught.Atkinson commissioned John Wray to deliver the vessel to Auckland. See "South Sea Vagabonds". re-built in Auckland by Sam Ford. Lamb changed the vessel's name to "Te Hongi". Markwalder purchased her for Pacific cruise.