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
Displacement	2,003 GRT ; 1,269 NT;
Length	285 ft (87 m)
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

^ "SS Waihora (1882)". Clyde built ships. Retrieved 18 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
^ "The accident to the Waihora". The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 20 February 1886. p.14. Retrieved 18 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[1] "SS Waihora (1882)". Clyde built ships. Retrieved 18 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

[2] "The accident to the Waihora". The Sydney Morning Herald, Saturday 20 February 1886. p.14. Retrieved 18 October 2011. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)

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