| History | |
|---|---|
 New Zealand | |
| Name | Herald |
| Owner | Church Missionary Society (CMS) |
| Builder | CMS personnel |
| Laid down | 31 August 1824 |
| Launched | 24 January 1826 |
| Completed | 16 February 1826 |
| Maiden voyage | Bay of Islands to Sydney, Australia February 1826 |
| Fate | Wrecked on 6 May 1828 while trying to enter Hokianga Harbour. |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Schooner |
| Tons burthen | 55 (bm) |
| Sail plan | fore-and-aft sails |
| Crew | 3 Māori men and 3 boys, 2 English seamen, and the mate and the captain |
Herald was a 55-ton schooner that was launched on 24 January 1826 at Paihia in the Bay of Islands, New Zealand.[1][2][3] While Herald was the first sailing ship built in New Zealand, a small vessel named Providence was constructed in Dusky Sound in 1792–93 by the crew of a sealing ship and it was completed in January 1796 by the crew of another sealing ship that had been wrecked at Dusky Sound in the previous year. In October 1827, the 40-ton schooner Enterprise was completed in the Horeke shipyard (also known as Deptford) in the Hokianga Harbour. Enterprise was wrecked in a storm north of Hokianga Heads on 4 May 1828 with the loss of all hands.[4] Two days later the Herald was wrecked on the Hokianga bar.
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- ^ Fitzgerald, Caroline (2004). Marianne Williams: Letters from the Bay of Islands. Penguin Books, New Zealand. pp. 97–99. ISBN 0-14-301929-5.
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- ^ "First Commercial Shipyard in Horeke". Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 14 February 2017.