Akaroa

[Gulliver]

alf this akaroa was one of 3 ex royal mail boats ithink if memory serves me right it was amozon the andes and the other i cant remember,but shaw saville bought them for taking ten pound stowaways down to australia then they done10 days in opua 10 days in wellinton and 1 day back in auckland before sailing home via a few places does any one know the other royal mail boat

They were :

(1) ARAGON became Shaw Saville ARANDA
(2) AMAZON became Shaw Saville AKAROA
(3) ARLANZA became Shaw Saville ARAWA




Regards Gulliver

[alf corbyn]

hi lads i was on the mataroa in the fifties and was in bluff at the same time as the tamaroa. i would think the one you were on must have been a newer ship

[terry criddle]

The third royal mail ship was the Arlanza

[terry criddle]

gday ian, sorry it has taken so long.Afraid it wasnt me in auckland.Iwas living in Wellington in 1983,then in June of that year me and the family went back to England.Because of my years in the merch.i got a job in a mental assylum,They said i was just the person they were looking for ( still dont get it ).It was proberbly my brother Mick you saw as he was on the coast at the time.Now we are living in aussie and retired and loving it,terry