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Ngaira
Ngaira
Vessel Name:Ngaira
Builder:Charles Bailey Sr
Place built:Auckland
Year built:1889
LOA:48
LWL:35
Beam:7,6
Rig:Gaff yawl
Owners:Lancaster and Hutchings (Wellington, ??-1912); Hamer (majority share Wellington, 1909 - ??); J. H. H. Jack (Wellington, 1895/6-1907) ; Dr Humphrey Haines (Auckland, 1889-1895)

Notes:Draft 8". Eight tons, rated 9. Under Jack's ownership was painted black and had dipping lug mizzen. Painted white from 1910. put ashore 1912 for breaking up, still lying there in 1915.

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Photo source:Alexander Turnbull Library