.jpg) Painting by Frank Barnes, 1911
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| History | |
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 New Zealand | |
| Name | NZGSS Hinemoa |
| Owner | New Zealand Marine Department |
| Builder |
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| Cost | £23,500 |
| Completed | 1875 |
| Commissioned | 1876 |
| Decommissioned | 1944 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Three masted steamer |
| Tonnage | 542 long tons (551 tonnes) |
| Length | 207 feet (63.1 metres) |
| Beam | 25 feet (7.6 metres) |
| Draught | 15 feet (4.6 metres) |
| Installed power | 2 × compound-surface condensers of 150 bhp |
| Speed | 12 knots |
NZGSS Hinemoa was a 542-ton New Zealand Government Service Steamer designed specifically for lighthouse support and servicing, and also for patrolling New Zealand's coastline and carrying out castaway checks and searching for missing ships. It operated in New Zealand's territorial waters from 1876 to 1944.
It was instrumental in supplying many of the government castaway depots on the remote subantarctic islands, and rescuing a number of shipwreck victims, including those from the wreck of the Dundonald, the Anjou and the Spirit of the Dawn.