Kōrero: Shipping

The homely Holmlea

The homely Holmlea

Cargo-handling was faster with roll-on, roll-off (RORO) ships, as vehicles, pallets and containers were loaded through the stern doors. The 1,053-ton, slab-sided Holmlea was built in 1967 for the Northern Steam Ship Company for a service that never eventuated, and was bought two years later by the Holm Shipping Company for the Wellington–Lyttelton run. Shown here in Wellington Harbour, the ship was sold to Italian buyers in 1975 and scrapped 14 years later.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
Reference: EP/1975/0097a-F

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Te tuhi tohutoro mō tēnei whārangi:

Gavin McLean, 'Shipping - Post-war boom', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5901/the-homely-holmlea (accessed 29 March 2024)

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 12 Jun 2006, updated 1 Jan 2016