Between 1878 and 1884
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Port of Wellington
| Ship | Port Dep | Sailed | Port Arr | Arrived | Days | Captain | Notes | Passenger Lists | Other Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rialto | . | 9/10/1877 | Wellington | 22/01/1878 | . | Babot | . | ||
| Araby Maid | . | 30/10/1877 | Wellington | 22/01/1878 | . | Cromarty | . | ||
| Margaret Galbraith | . | 13/11/1877 | Wellington | 7/02/1878 | 85 | Fergusson | . | ||
| Renfrewshire | London | 29/09/1877 | Wellington | 13/02/1878 | . | Beattie | via Napier | ||
| Benvenue | London | 21/11/1877 | Wellington | 28/02/1878 | 93 | A Hurry | 2nd voyage | ||
| Gainsborough | London | 23/10/1877 | Wellington | 8/03/1878 | . | Carter | via Nelson | Go to URL | |
| Lanarkshire | London | 11/12/1877 | Wellington | 23/03/1878 | 100 | Wilkie | . | Go to URL | |
| Pleione | . | 26/02/1878 | Wellington | 2/07/1878 | 126 | Renaut | . | ||
| Firth of Forth | . | 27/03/1878 | Wellington | 4/07/1878 | . | Cowper | . | ||
| Caithlock | London | 30/03/1878 | Wellington | 12/07/1878 | . | Phillips | . | ||
| Medea | Lonodn | 1/05/1878 | Wellington | 4/08/1878 | 90 | Coles | . | ||
| Abeona | Gravesend | 27/04/1878 | Wellington | 19/08/1878 | 114 | Groshard | . | Go to URL | |
| Zealandia | London | 30/05/1878 | Wellington | 28/08/1878 | 90 | G Sellars | Built 1869 | Go to URL | |
| Orari | . | 30/05/1878 | Wellington | 16/09/1878 | 109 | Mosey | . | ||
| St. Leonards | Gravesend | 27/06/1878 | Wellington | 28/09/1878 | 95 | R Todd | Approximately 40 pasengers | ||
| Craigee Lee | . | 26/02/1878 | Wellington | 3/10/1878 | . | Winther | . | ||
| Rakaia | London | 6/07/1878 | Wellington | 8/10/1878 | 93 | Metcalf | . | Go to URL | |
| Antares | London | 18/07/1878 | Wellington | 17/10/1878 | 91 | A. Lewis | . | ||
| Wairoa | . | 13/07/1878 | Wellington | 18/10/1878 | 97 | Adams | . | ||
| Jessie Readman | London | 10/08/1878 | Wellington | 20/10/1878 | 102 | Kennedy | . | Go to URL | |
| Otaki | . | 11/09/1878 | Wellington | 10/12/1878 | 90 | Devitt | . | ||
| Hermione | London | 30/08/1878 | Wellington | 15/12/1878 | 106 | D T Roberts | via Plymouth which it left on 4/9/1878. 289 passengers. Proceeded to New Plymouth. | Go to URL | |
| Lutterworth | London | 12/09/1878 | Wellington | 26/12/1878 | 105 | William Pearson | . | Go to URL | |
| Pleiades | London | 28/09/1878 | Wellington | 1/01/1879 | 95 | Setton | . | ||
| Fernglen | . | 12/10/1878 | Wellington | 5/01/1879 | 85 | Fraser | via Nelson | ||
| Van Dieman | London | 21/10/1878 | Wellington | 21/01/1879 | . | J Shandley | No passengers | ||
| Duke of Athole | . | 31/10/1878 | Wellington | 29/01/1879 | . | Elliott | . | ||
| Inchmarnock | London | 4/11/1878 | Wellington | 31/01/1879 | . | . | . | ||
| Warwick | London | 30/11/1878 | Wellington | 26/02/1879 | . | . | . | Go to URL | |
| Lorraine | London | 21/11/1878 | Wellington | 2/03/1879 | . | Grondsund | . | Go to URL | |
| Loch Fergus | London | 3/12/1878 | Wellington | 2/03/1879 | 87 | Cann | . | ||
| Hudson | London | 14/11/1878 | Wellington | 14/03/1879 | 113 | C C Colville | via Plymouth, where it left on 28/11/1878. | Go to URL | |
| Wave Queen | . | 19/12/1878 | Wellington | 8/04/1879 | 110 | Perriam | . | ||
| Loch Ken | Gravesend | 1/03/1879 | Wellington | 4/06/1879 | 95 | Cumming | No passengers | ||
| City of Madras | London | 7/03/1879 | Wellington | 20/06/1879 | 100 | Houston | Carried 7 passengers | ||
| Pleione | . | 1/04/1879 | Wellington | 17/07/1879 | 107 | Renaut | . | ||
| Pareora | . | 5/04/1879 | Wellington | 17/07/1879 | 103 | Power | . | ||
| Beemah | Gravesend | 30/04/1879 | Wellington | 2/08/1879 | 94 | Prideaux | . | ||
| Loch Cree | Gravesend | 26/04/1879 | Wellington | 9/08/1879 | 106 | John Jones | . | Go to URL | |
| Halcione | Gravesend | 18/05/1879 | Wellington | 19/08/1879 | 93 | Parker | . | Go to URL | |
| Waimea | . | 15/05/1879 | Wellington | 23/08/1879 | 100 | Mathers | . | ||
| Rakaia | London | 31/05/1879 | Wellington | 9/09/1879 | 101 | Metcalf | via Plymouth | Go to URL | |
| St. Leonards | London | 12/06/1879 | Wellington | 27/09/1879 | 91 | R Todd | . | ||
| Zealandia | London | 7/07/1879 | Wellington | 19/10/1879 | 104 | G Sellars | Built 1869 | Go to URL | |
| Lochnagar | London | 13/07/1879 | Wellington | 23/10/1879 | 102 | William H Kelly | Had one saloon passenger | ||
| Wairoa | Gravesend | 19/07/1879 | Wellington | 4/11/1879 | 108 | Adams | . | ||
| Arethusa | Plymouth | 3/09/1879 | Wellington | 7/12/1879 | . | John Stiven | . | Go to URL | |
| Bebington | London | 12/08/1879 | Wellington | 20/12/1879 | 135 | Roberts | Brought out 113 passengers | Go to URL | |
| Western Monarch | London | 1/10/1879 | Wellington | 2/01/1880 | 85 | Watson | . | Go to URL | |
| Scottish Prince | London | 3/10/1879 | Wellington | 5/01/1880 | . | Searle | . | Go to URL | |
| Maraval | Gravesend | 31/10/1879 | Wellington | 8/01/1880 | . | Ramsey | . | Go to URL | |
| Eastminster | London | 18/10/1879 | Wellington | 18/01/1880 | 77 | Mosey | via Nelson. | ||
| Buttermere | London | 3/12/1879 | Wellington | 2/03/1880 | . | Ogilvie | . | Go to URL | |
| Portland | London | 4/01/1880 | Wellington | 7/04/1880 | 104 | Wood | . | ||
| Caroline | London | 6/01/1880 | Wellington | 29/04/1880 | 113 | Geo. Davis | Brought out 201 passengers. | ||
| Himalaya | London | 6/02/1880 | Wellington | 17/05/1880 | 101 | Culbert | . | ||
| Geraldine Paget | Plymouth | 25/02/1880 | Wellington | 5/06/1880 | . | Wilkinson | . | ||
| Benvenue | Gravesend | 6/03/1880 | Wellington | 9/06/1880 | 94 | W McGowan | . | Go to URL | |
| Pareora | . | 25/03/1880 | Wellington | 1/07/1880 | 98 | Power | . | ||
| Merope | . | 19/04/1880 | Wellington | 16/07/1880 | 88 | I Sutherland | . | ||
| Rodell Bay | Glasgow | 6/05/1880 | Wellington | 12/08/1880 | . | Lindsay | . | ||
| St. Leonards | Gravesend | 23/05/1880 | Wellington | 22/08/1880 | 92 | R Todd | . | ||
| Stirlingshire | Glasgow | 11/06/1880 | Wellington | 10/09/1880 | . | Alexander | . | ||
| Waimea | . | 13/06/1880 | Wellington | 11/09/1880 | 90 | Mathers | . | ||
| Wave Queen | . | 19/06/1880 | Wellington | 6/10/1880 | 109 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Rakaia | . | 12/07/1880 | Wellington | 20/10/1880 | 100 | Metcalf | . | ||
| Hermione | Gravesend | 27/07/1880 | Wellington | 30/10/1880 | . | D T Roberts | . | Go to URL | |
| Hannah Landles | Greenoch | 5/08/1880 | Wellington | 13/11/1880 | . | Greig | . | Go to URL | |
| Wairoa | London | 18/08/1880 | Wellington | 23/11/1880 | 98 | Adams | . | Go to URL | |
| Pleione | . | 22/08/1880 | Wellington | 28/11/1880 | 98 | Renaut | . | ||
| Northumberland | London | 23/10/1880 | Wellington | 25/12/1880 | . | E S Babot | Came out via Plymouth where it left on 25/10/1880 with 262 passengers. Took 61 days from Plymouth. | ||
| Hurunui | . | 24/09/1880 | Wellington | 12/01/1881 | 110 | Barclay | . | ||
| Antares | Gravesend | 16/09/1880 | Wellington | 12/01/1881 | 118 | A. Lewis | No passengers | ||
| Isle of Erin | Glasgow | 5/10/1880 | Wellington | 26/01/1881 | . | Robert Gordon McCarlie | . | ||
| Wigtonshire | . | 30/10/1880 | Wellington | 1/02/1881 | . | Mowat | . | ||
| Coromandel | Gravesend | 1/11/1880 | Wellington | 7/02/1881 | 98 | T. Hendry | No passengers | ||
| Euterpe | . | 25/10/1880 | Wellington | 8/02/1881 | 105 | A Banks | . | ||
| Alastor | London | 29/11/1880 | Wellington | 3/04/1881 | 125 | T Glazebrook | 12 passengers in steerage | ||
| Crownthorpe | . | 9/12/1880 | Wellington | 12/04/1881 | 133 | Henry Philip Everett | . | ||
| Himalaya | London | 4/01/1881 | Wellington | 24/04/1881 | 119 | Culbert | . | ||
| Pareora | . | 27/12/1880 | Wellington | 29/04/1881 | 123 | Power | . | ||
| City of Carlisle | . | 23/02/1881 | Wellington | 11/06/1881 | . | Stooks | . | ||
| Waimea | London | 25/03/1881 | Wellington | 4/07/1881 | 100 | Mathers | . | Go to URL | |
| Mary Low | . | 30/03/1881 | Wellington | 13/07/1881 | . | Alexander | . | ||
| Fernglen | London | 1/05/1881 | Wellington | 30/07/1881 | 90 | Bubb | . | Go to URL | |
| Langstone | London | 7/05/1881 | Wellington | 10/08/1881 | 95 | Fergusson | . | Go to URL | |
| Berwickshire | London | 7/05/1881 | Wellington | 12/08/1881 | . | Kilgour | . | Go to URL | |
| Algoa Bay | Glasgow | 29/04/1881 | Wellington | 12/08/1881 | 105 | Emmett | 15 steerage passengers | Go to URL | |
| Arabella | London | 11/02/1881 | Wellington | 28/08/1881 | . | Pearson | No passengers | ||
| Wave Queen | . | 26/05/1881 | Wellington | 7/09/1881 | 106 | William H Kelly | . | ||
| Glenlora | London | 17/06/1881 | Wellington | 22/09/1881 | 97 | Scotland | . | Go to URL | |
| Wairoa | London | 25/06/1881 | Wellington | 25/09/1881 | 91 | Adams | . | Go to URL | |
| Piako | . | 27/07/1881 | Wellington | 29/10/1881 | 94 | Boyd | . | ||
| Pleione | . | 18/07/1881 | Wellington | 29/10/1881 | 103 | Renaut | . | ||
| Westland | Greenock | 2/11/1881 | Wellington | 31/10/1881 | 87 | Moffatt | . | ||
| Unicorn | Glasgow | 9/07/1881 | Wellington | 7/11/1881 | . | McCullum | . | Go to URL | |
| The Auckland | Gravesend | 19/08/1881 | Wellington | 1/12/1881 | 104 | Alex McDougall | Proceeded to Port Chalmers with 34 passengers. | ||
| Orari | . | 31/08/1881 | Wellington | 14/12/1881 | 105 | Barclay | . | ||
| Waitara | 29/09/1881 | Wellington | 2/01/1882 | 95 | Brown | . | |||
| Mercia | London | 29/09/1881 | Wellington | 2/01/1882 | . | . | . | ||
| Margaret Galbraith | London | 12/09/1881 | Wellington | 6/01/1882 | 117 | Fergusson | . | Go to URL | |
| Perthshire | . | 29/10/1881 | Wellington | 23/01/1882 | . | Sember | . | ||
| Weathersfield | . | Wellington | 24/01/1882 | 97 | . | . | |||
| Euterpe | . | 23/10/1882 | Wellington | 8/02/1882 | 107 | Thomas E Phillips | . | ||
| Alcestis | Liverpool | 7/11/1881 | Wellington | 6/03/1882 | 119 | J E Payne | No passengers | ||
| Alastor | London | 18/11/1881 | Wellington | 10/03/1882 | 101 | T Glazebrook | 17 passengers | ||
| Opawa | . | 22/12/1881 | Wellington | 20/03/1882 | 89 | Mathers | . | ||
| Merope | . | 12/12/1881 | Wellington | 21/03/1882 | 99 | I Sutherland | . | ||
| Ironsides | . | 10/01/1882 | Wellington | 24/04/1882 | 103 | Embry | . | ||
| Waimea | . | 28/01/1882 | Wellington | 18/05/1882 | 110 | Mathers | . | ||
| Crusader | Glasgow | 17/02/1882 | Wellington | 22/05/1882 | 94 | Llewellyn Davies | . | ||
| Helen Denny | Gravesend | 15/03/1882 | Wellington | 25/06/1882 | 102 | W Ruthe | . | ||
| Loch Doon | London | 30/03/1882 | Wellington | 6/07/1882 | 97 | R Mainland | . | ||
| Port Glasgow | . | 2/05/1882 | Wellington | 24/08/1882 | . | Nicholl | . | ||
| City of Tanjore | London | 28/04/1882 | Wellington | 26/08/1882 | 119 | Sinclair | No passengers | ||
| Pleione | . | 8/06/1882 | Wellington | 11/09/1882 | 95 | Renaut | . | ||
| Otaki | . | 27/06/1882 | Wellington | 8/10/1882 | 103 | Holbeche | . | ||
| Sea Toller | Gravesend | 14/07/1882 | Wellington | 24/10/1882 | . | . | No passengers | ||
| Mercia | Gravesend | 5/08/1882 | Wellington | 7/11/1882 | . | . | . | ||
| Wanganui | London | 29/07/1882 | Wellington | 7/11/1882 | 102 | Watt | . | Go to URL | |
| Orari | . | 26/08/1882 | Wellington | 4/12/1882 | 99 | Worster | . | ||
| Lady Jocelyn | London | 13/09/1882 | Wellington | 21/12/1882 | 99 | Boorman | . | ||
| Waitara | 30/09/1882 | Wellington | 29/12/1882 | 90 | Brown | . | |||
| Perthshire | . | 8/09/1882 | Wellington | 3/01/1883 | . | Sember | . | ||
| May Queen | Gravesend | 27/09/1882 | Wellington | 6/01/1883 | 101 | Colville | Brought out 7½ standard passengers | ||
| Duncraig | . | 13/10/1882 | Wellington | 15/01/1883 | . | Storm | . | ||
| Aorangi | London | 30/11/1882 | Wellington | 17/01/1883 | 46 | W A Turpin | via Plymouth, where it left on 2/12/1882 | Go to URL | |
| Pareora | London | 18/10/1882 | Wellington | 18/01/1883 | 92 | Power | . | Go to URL | |
| Gareloch | London | 15/11/1882 | Wellington | 9/02/1883 | 84 | Donaldson | . | ||
| Montrose | London | 7/12/1882 | Wellington | 4/03/1883 | . | A Billet | . | Go to URL | |
| Closeburn | Glasgow | 29/11/1882 | Wellington | 18/03/1883 | . | Anderson | . | Go to URL | |
| British King | Plymouth | 28/01/1883 | Wellington | 19/03/1883 | . | Kelly | Voyage No. 1 | Go to URL | |
| Waimea | . | 3/01/1883 | Wellington | 19/04/1883 | 106 | Canese | . | ||
| Halcione | Gravesend | 6/01/1883 | Wellington | 1/05/1883 | 115 | Parker | No passengers. | ||
| British Queen SS | Plymouth | 24/03/1883 | Wellington | 15/05/1883 | 49 | S Nowell | Voy. 1. 415 passengers including 213 for Wellington. Proceeded to Lyttelton with some passengers for Nelson. | Go to URL | |
| Ionic | Gravesend | 26/04/1883 | Wellington | 12/06/1883 | 48 | . | via Plymouth which it left on 28/4/1883 | Invercargill Pass. | |
| Lastingham | London | 13/03/1883 | Wellington | 7/07/1883 | . | Alex Morrison | . | Go to URL | |
| Oxford | Plymouth | 26/04/1883 | Wellington | 23/07/1883 | 88 | Braddock | . | Go to URL | |
| Timaru | London | 23/04/1883 | Wellington | 26/07/1883 | 94 | Duncan Fullerton | . | ||
| Wairoa | . | 18/05/1883 | Wellington | 29/08/1883 | 102 | Holbeche | . | ||