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The Tory was the first of three New Zealand Company surveyor ships sent off in haste to prepare for settlers in New Zealand. [2] She arrived in Queen Charlotte Sound on 17 September 1839 and Port Nicholson on 20 September. [154] The Tory struck a sandbank at the entrance to Kaipara Harbour.
The First Four Ships refers to the four sailing vessels chartered by the Canterbury Association which left Plymouth, England, in September 1850 to transport the first English settlers to new homes in Canterbury, New Zealand. The colonists or settlers who arrived on the first four ships are known as the Canterbury Pilgrims.
The first European known to reach New Zealand was the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman, who arrived with his ships Heemskerck and Zeehaen in 1642. Over 100 years later, in 1769, the British naval captain James Cook of HM Bark Endeavour made the first of his three visits.
The John Wickliffe was the first ship to arrive carrying Scottish settlers, including Otago settlement founder Captain William Cargill, in the city of Dunedin, New Zealand. [1] The ship was named after the religious reformer, John Wycliffe .
The first ship given by the British government for the New Zealand Naval Forces was the cruiser HMS Philomel, which escorted New Zealand land forces to occupy the German colony of Samoa in 1914. Philomel saw further action under the command of the Royal Navy in the Mediterranean, the Red Sea , and the Persian Gulf .
The Dunedin listen ⓘ (1874–90) was the first ship to successfully transport a full cargo of refrigerated meat from New Zealand to England.In this capacity, it provided the impetus to develop the capacity of New Zealand as a major provider of agricultural exports, notwithstanding its remoteness from most markets.
This is a list of current commissioned Royal New Zealand Navy ships. As of 2025, the Navy operates eight commissioned ships. The affiliations are ceremonial only, with the navy operationally stationed at the Devonport Naval Base, Auckland.
Randolph was a 664-ton ship-rigged merchant vessel constructed in 1849 in Sunderland. She was one of the First Four Ships that brought settlers to Christchurch, New Zealand. The Canterbury Association chartered Randolph, with Captain William Dale serving as the ship's captain.