Between 1835 and 1910
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Port of Bluff
| Ship | Port Dep | Sailed | Port Arr | Arrived | Days | Captain | Notes | Passenger Lists | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grasmere | Greenoch | 14/12/1863 | Bluff | . | C Turner | Struck a rock near Ballyferrin Point. Sunk. | Go to URL | ||
| Flying Mist | Glasgow | 05/06/1862 | Bluff | 25/08/1862 | . | E H Linnel | Wrecked | Go to URL | |
| Robert Henderson | Glasgow | 10/06/1862 | Bluff | 04/09/1862 | 81 | Logan | Proceeded to Port Chalmers with 89 passengers | ||
| Storm Cloud | Glasgow | 14/09/1862 | Bluff | 08/12/1862 | 86 | James Adams | 296 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Sir William Eyre | Clyde | 17/12/1862 | Bluff | 23/04/1863 | . | Blakey | . | Go to URL | See Also |
| New Great Britain | Gravesend | 02/05/1863 | Bluff | 10/08/1863 | 92 | G Trader | proceeded to Port Chalmers | Go to URL | |
| Harwood | London | 23/06/1863 | Bluff | 18/09/1863 | . | . | . | Go to URL | |
| Helenslee | Glasgow | 01/07/1863 | Bluff | 25/09/1863 | 79 | Brown | Put 9 passengers ashore. Proceeded to Port Chalmers with 310 passengers. | Go to URL | |
| Robert Henderson | Greenock | 17/08/1863 | Bluff | 18/11/1863 | 93 | Voyage 5 | Go to URL | ||
| Bombay | Greenock | 01/08/1863 | Bluff | 20/11/1863 | . | Mcleod | No passengers. | ||
| Edward Thornhill | Gravesend | 18/10/1863 | Bluff | 26/01/1864 | . | . | . | Go to URL | |
| Commodore | Gravesend | 11/11/1863 | Bluff | 28/04/1864 | . | W Colville | No passengers. | ||
| Paria | Greenock | 28/01/1864 | Bluff | 17/05/1864 | . | . | Brought passengers from wrecked Grasmere. | ||
| Sevilla | Glasgow | 23/05/1864 | Bluff | 04/09/1864 | . | H Kerr | . | Go to URL | |
| Arima | Glasgow | 25/06/1864 | Bluff | 21/09/1864 | . | James Smith | 137 passengers. | Go to URL | |
| Donna Anita | Downs | 11/08/1864 | Bluff | 22/12/1864 | 123 | Davis | 107 passengers for Southland and 37 for Canterbury | ||
| Jessie Gilbert | London | 06/01/1865 | Bluff | 26/05/1865 | . | Stapleton | |||
| Chili | Gravesend | 03/08/1870 | Bluff | 17/11/1870 | . | William Culbert | Proceeded to Timaru | ||
| Chile | Gravesend | 03/08/1870 | Bluff | 17/11/1870 | 106 | Culbert | . | ||
| William Davie | Gravesend | 08/01/1874 | Bluff | 12/04/1874 | 88 | Rankin | Proceeded to Port Chalmers | Go to URL | Bluff Pass. |
| Carrick Castle | Liverpool | 19/04/1874 | Bluff | 13/07/1874 | 77 | Thyne | Brough out 220 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Timaru | Greenock | 05/01/1875 | Bluff | 18/04/1875 | 116 | Rankin | 130 Government immigrants | Invercargill Pass. | |
| Christian McAusland | Glasgow | 31/05/1875 | Bluff | 29/08/1875 | 91 | William Taylor | 339 immigrants | Go to URL | See also |
| White Rose | London | 14/02/1875 | Bluff | 21/10/1875 | . | C W Best | Via Plymouth where they left on 21/02/1875. Also via Lyttelton. | Go to URL | |
| Peter Denny | Glasgow | 25/08/1875 | Bluff | 26/11/1875 | 87 | Pycroft | 266 immigrants on board | Go to URL | |
| Adamant | Gravesend | 14/07/1875 | Bluff | 02/12/1875 | 144 | Highman | Captain died 6 weeks before arrival | Go to URL | See also |
| Waitara | London | 22/09/1875 | Bluff | 25/12/1875 | 86 | Hodder | 210 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Pomona | Glasgow | 21/01/1876 | Bluff | 14/04/1876 | 85 | Tannock | Brought out 160 immigrants | Go to URL | See Also |
| Marlborough | Greenock | 16/08/1877 | Bluff | 04/11/1877 | 80 | Anderson | 183 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Mataura | London | 03/08/1877 | Bluff | 09/11/1877 | 94 | Alex Brown | 120 immigrants | Go to URL | |
| Oamaru | Greenock | 25/10/1877 | Bluff | 13/01/1878 | 79 | Stuart | 240 immigrants on board of which 70 were for Bluff | Go to URL | Bluff Pass. |
| Ann Gambles | London | 22/01/1878 | Bluff | 16/05/1878 | . | R Morgan | Wrecked on entering Bluff harbour | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 19/05/1878 | Bluff | 28/08/1878 | 99 | William H Kelly | No passengers | ||
| Anazi | Gravesend | 06/07/1878 | Bluff | 21/10/1878 | 108 | James Hill | Fine weather passage | ||
| Ironsides | . | 05/07/1878 | Bluff | 21/10/1878 | 108 | Hill | . | ||
| Western Monarch | London | 18/10/1878 | Bluff | 20/01/1879 | 76 | Watson | Travelled via Plymouth where it left on 30/10/1878 with 380 immigrants | Go to URL | Bluff Passengers |
| Abbey Holme | London | 09/12/1878 | Bluff | 10/04/1879 | 122 | Bryce | No passengers | ||
| Te Anau | Greenock | 17/12/1879 | Bluff | 16/02/1880 | . | Carey | Delivery voyage. Proceeded to Port Chalmers | ||
| Tararua | . | Bluff | 29/04/1881 | . | F G Garrard | Wrecked at Waipapa Point. | Go to URL | ||
| Edwin Fox | London | 25/12/1880 | Bluff | 19/05/1881 | 139 | John Phease | . | ||
| Helen Denny | Gravesend | 01/04/1881 | Bluff | 13/07/1881 | 98 | W Ruthe | . | ||
| England's Glory | London | 07/05/1881 | Bluff | 07/11/1881 | . | Knight | via Nelson. Vessel wrecked on rocks near Bluff after taking on pilot. | ||
| Electra | London | 28/10/1881 | Bluff | 12/02/1882 | 105 | Thompson | 2 passengers | ||
| Adamant | London | 17/02/1882 | Bluff | 15/06/1882 | 118 | Tonkin | . | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 05/07/1882 | Bluff | 23/10/1882 | 103 | Perriam | No passengers | ||
| Electra | London | 04/12/1882 | Bluff | 21/03/1883 | 103 | Thompson | . | ||
| Deva | Middlesborough | 26/03/1883 | Bluff | 03/07/1883 | 98 | Pierrepoint | . | ||
| Lochnagar | Gravesend | 14/07/1883 | Bluff | 19/10/1883 | 96 | Perriam | No passengers | ||
| Alcestis | London | 10/06/1885 | Bluff | 01/10/1885 | 103 | W C Munn | . | ||
| Gazelle | London | 30/07/1885 | Bluff | 10/11/1885 | . | Munro | Carried no passengers. | ||
| Rakaia | Gravesend | 08/10/1885 | Bluff | 14/01/1886 | 98 | Forsdick | . | Go to URL | |
| Halcione | London | 19/12/1885 | Bluff | 16/03/1886 | 87 | Parker | 3 passengers plus Captains wife and children | ||
| Deva | . | 22/12/1885 | Bluff | 23/03/1886 | 92 | Pierrepoint | . | ||
| Rangitiki | London | 19/02/1886 | Bluff | 03/06/1886 | 103 | E Budd | Voyage 15, no passengers. | ||
| Alcestis | London | 24/06/1886 | Bluff | 11/10/1886 | 109 | W C Munn | . | ||
| Gazelle | Gravesend | 24/07/1886 | Bluff | 01/11/1886 | . | Munro | Carried no passengers. | ||
| Alcestis | Gravesend | 12/06/1887 | Bluff | 08/10/1887 | 118 | G S Norris | . | ||
| Soukar | Hull | 04/08/1887 | Bluff | 13/11/1887 | 101 | J E Croker | . | ||
| Laira | . | 08/09/1887 | Bluff | 17/12/1887 | 99 | Thow | . | ||
| Langstone | London | 18/05/1888 | Bluff | 07/09/1888 | 111 | Tonkin | . | ||
| Lochnagar | London | 21/07/1888 | Bluff | 17/11/1888 | 119 | Sinclair | No passengers | ||
| Wave Queen | London | 11/05/1889 | Bluff | 07/09/1889 | 119 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Langstone | . | 29/05/1891 | Bluff | 18/09/1891 | 112 | Bate | . | ||
| Helen Denny | . | 25/06/1892 | Bluff | 18/10/1892 | 115 | Carnell | . | ||
| Wairoa | . | 04/08/1892 | Bluff | 12/11/1892 | 100 | Fox | . | ||
| Pleiades | London | 07/11/1892 | Bluff | 07/02/1893 | 93 | Moreton | . | ||
| Lochnagar | . | 15/11/1893 | Bluff | 10/04/1894 | 146 | Gasson | . | ||
| Waimea | . | 19/08/1895 | Bluff | 10/12/1895 | 112 | Haslam | . | ||
| Asterion | . | 29/10/1895 | Bluff | 19/02/1896 | 113 | Foote | . | ||
| Crusader | . | 11/06/1896 | Bluff | 10/09/1896 | 91 | Burton | . | ||
| Nelson | . | 15/06/1896 | Bluff | 19/09/1896 | 98 | Perriam | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 29/05/1897 | Bluff | 10/09/1897 | 104 | Bate | Built 1869 | ||
| Waitangi | . | 23/08/1897 | Bluff | 28/11/1897 | 97 | Worster | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 22/06/1898 | Bluff | 26/09/1898 | 96 | Bate | Built 1869 | ||
| Timaru | . | 07/09/1898 | Bluff | 14/12/1898 | 98 | Culbert | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 29/06/1899 | Bluff | 04/10/1899 | 97 | Bate | Built 1869 | ||
| Westland | . | 04/10/1899 | Bluff | 04/01/1900 | 82 | Kelly | . |
Updated:- 30 November 2005
Copyright Gavin W Petrie 2005