New Zealand/Aotearoa's Oldest Steam Boat "Puke" (Pu-ki) circa 1872
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 พ.ค. 2024
- S.S. Puke (Pu-ki) is New Zealand/Aotearoa's oldest steam launch. Lovingly preserved and owned by the Auckland Maritime Museum.
From the Auckland Maritime Museum's website ( www.maritimemuseum.co.nz/sail... ): "SS PUKE, the (Auckland Maritime) Museum’s steam launch, is thought to have been a tender in the Kaipara logging trade, built by E. Thompson and Son at Aratapu, towards the end of the 19th century. She is typical of the small craft used for local transport on the Kaipara and other Northland harbours and rivers.
In 1977 she was salvaged from the Tamaki river and had a steam engine and boiler installed. She worked for several years on the Waihou and Ohinemuri rivers from Paeroa and on the Mahurangi from Warkworth. In 1988 she carried passengers across the Brisbane river for the six months of the Brisbane World Expo. Puke was built of kauri and planked in two skins, the inner diagonal and the outer fore-&-aft. The plumb stem and counter stern and large propeller are typical of launches of the period.
In 1993 a major rebuild was carried out by the Boat Yard at Hobson Wharf. She was purchased by the Union Steam Ship Company in 1989 and then donated to the Maritime Museum.
SS PUKE can be seen steaming around the Viaduct Harbour on selected weekend trips as part of the Museum’s heritage fleet. She is available for charter for special occasions and has attended many wedding parties as a memorable alternative to modern transport."
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A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU goes out to Daniel Hicks, Sean Harris, Mark Brimblecombe, and the Auckland Maritime Museum for sharing such a historically significant and special vessel with my father and I, and the world.
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I apologize for the wind noise folks. I mistakenly left my good camera in the campervan when Daniel brought us down to the waterfront for this day of fun.
lovely little chug around the harbour....
Bonjour Wesley,
Funny to see this old lady in such a modern port.
You have been lucky one more to navogate on her. Hopefully, steam passionates exist all over the world and save such rare boats.
And never mind about the noise, she sang well at the end of the video 😉
Amicalement, Raphaël
Bonjour Raphaël,
It certainly was a stark contrast with one of New Zealand's oldest operating boats, and some of their newest... New Zealand has a population of 5 million, but I am willing to bet they have more steam people per-capita than most countries in the world. Truly an amazing place and wonderful people doing their best to preserve their history and steam.
A very nice 1 cylinder steam engine. And the boat makes a lot of speed. 👍
Hi mate, are you back in NZ? I was stoking on the daldy the day you visited and came across your channel completely by accident! Keep up the good work.
Thank you! Unfortunately I'm not back... Yet... Just finally getting to editing and posting videos from our visit to your amazing country. Shame we missed the Daldy running that go-round. We will be back!
Neat! It's cool tosee steam launches still out in the world like this. I wish Turbinia was sea worthy though!
Indeed, some countries care about and preserve their heritage more than others. Seeing Turbinina move at full speed under her own power would be amazing.
@@WesleyHarcourtSTEAMandMORE Turbinia I'm glad is in a museum. But I would love to see a replica of her running around. Could also make necessary modifications for modern running, like switching away from coal since it's become harder and more expensive to get in the UK since the start of the Ukraine War. I also think a lot could be learned by trying to replicate her, using historical processes where possible, modern where necessary or overall beneficial (CNCing the turbine blades instead of doing it by hand). In the 21st century building new steam locomotives based on historic designs has become feasible. Why not historic boats?
@@claudiadarling9441I really like the way you think! Faithful replicas would be amazing. Just dreaming of the potential performance.