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Holmlea
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Built in Haarlem, she was powered by one 850hp eight cylinder MWM diesel engine, producing a service speed of 12 knots.
She was purchased by Holm Shipping in 1950 and operated on the Raglan - Dunedin trade, with occasional voyages to Norfolk and Campbell Islands. On her second call to Onehunga, in 1953, she departed for Norfolk Island.
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On 10 October 1957, she struck Danger Reef, ten miles north of Otago Heads, but despite a ripped keel, a bad list, and seven feet of water in the engine room, she managed to make it to Port Chalmers, where repairs were undertaken.
Eight years later, she had set sail from Onehunga to Lyttelton on June 26 when a small leak was discovered, forcing her to put into New Plymouth late that evening. Once repairs were completed, she resumed her voyage south.
Tragedy struck the ship on a voyage from Lyttelton to Onehunga on 10 March 1966 when her Master, Captain Albert Moko Moko, collapsed and died of a heart attack circa 0800 while guiding the ship through Cook Strait. He was 49.
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The ship's mate, F. Simpson, took the helm and guided "Holmlea" into Wellington, where Captain Moko Moko's body was removed, and Holm Shipping's Marine Superintendent, Captain R. Jackson, joined the ship to continue the voyage north.
Captain Moko Moko was one of only two Maoris in the country with a Master Mariner's certificate at the time of his death, the other being Captain T.W.K. Whaitiri, Master of Anchor Shipping's "Totara".
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She was sold to New Hebrides interests in March 1967, and arrived at Onehunga for handing over on 21 April, before setting sail for Fiji as "Wallisian". Within three weeks, she was wrecked on Nukutolo Reef, 130 miles north-east of Suva, on 8 May 1967.
The below picture, taken from Onehunga Wharf, is sourced from the USSCo NZ Facebook page.
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