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Sanford Legends
Sanford Ltd have very kindly permitted me to reproduce on this page some of the photos of the trawlers which were regulars at Onehunga over the years, particularly in the 1970s.
They are taken from the company's centenary book, "The Story Of Sanford Ltd - The First One Hundred Years", published in 1981.
I have added a couple of others which I've accumulated over time.
 The trawler which started it all - "Countess", the first trawler to call at Onehunga in 1922. Here pictured five years earlier on the Waitemata, following her conversion from a ferry boat to a steam trawler
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  "San Rosa" being launched on 5 December 1955 at the Vos & Brijs Shipyard. She was a regular caller in the 60s and 70s.
The 1949-built "Aorangi" on the slip for repairs. Another regular into the 70s.
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 "San Cristobal", here pictured on sea trials following the refit brought about by her sinking alongside at Onehunga on New Year's Day 1960.
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 "San Elizabeth" shortly after launching on 26 March 1962. A regular at Onehunga for several years, where she regularly landed 550 baskets of fish
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 "San Alexandra", launched on 28 April 1966, worked the west coast until early 1978, and was consistently the highest-catching vessel in her class. Sadly, she foundered in the early hours of 14 June 1992 while fishing for orange roughy in 45 knot winds 98 miles east of Napier. Her four crew were rescued, but had no time to don lifejackets - launching the liferaft saved their lives.
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 "San Caroline", pictured on her sea trials, was launched on 1 March 1967 and was an Onehunga regular for the next decade before being transferred to Tauranga. Early on the morning of 4 June 1980, she began taking on water off Motiti Island, and was towed ashore by the trawler "Valkyrie", but subsequently broke up over the course of the following days.
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 "San Christine" and "San Rosalind" heading into port down the Wairopa Channel. Sourced from a report on plans for the Manukau Harbour.
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 "San Christine" in full flight after her launching on 6 September 1969.
70 feet in length, she often operated in tandem with sister ship "San Rosalind"
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 "San Susan", a 60-foot trawler launched in June 1972 at Vos & Brijs Shipyard. Powered by a 230hp Gardner *L3B diesel engine.
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 "San Jennifer", launched on 21 June 1972, was identical to "San Susan", and the pair were regular operators out of Onehunga in the 1970s
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 "San Rakino" arriving from Japan on 23 February 1978. Below and below right is her model and plaque on display at the NZ Maritime Museum
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 "The Awesome Foursome" - "Albert Sanford", "San Rakino", "San Manukau" and "San Hauraki" - moored at Captain Cook Wharf.
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 The current flagship of the fleet, "San Rakaia", which has made over 600 calls into Onehunga.
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 A terrific shot of "San Christine" and "San Rosalind" pair trawling in choppy west coast waters.
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 "San Hauraki"
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