page_title: Arahura (twin screw ship)
section_title: New Zealand service
hierarchical_section_title: Arahura (twin screw ship) / Service / New Zealand service
caption_attribution_description: English: 1,607 GRT passenger steamship Arahura
context_page_description: TSS Arahura was a twin screw steam passenger/cargo ship built for the Union Steam Ship Company. It was launched on the Clyde on 25 March 1905 and built by William Denny and Brothers Dumbarton at a cost of £52,000. It had a gross weight of 1,607 tons. The ship had accommodation for 201 passengers.
context_section_description: As a Union vessel she provided a passenger and cargo service between Wellington, Nelson, and the West Coast. She was initially used on the Wellington Nelson route before being used on the Wellington, West Coast run. In 1916 she was moved to the Wellington, Napier, Gisborne, Auckland run. She returned to the Wellington Nelson Piction run in October/November 1920, but later returned to the Napier Gisborne Auckland run.
  On 14 November 1925 Arahura was transferred to the Anchor Shipping Company. It operated on the company's Wellington to Nelson service until 1949.
caption: Crossing the Westport Bar
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