The television cameras were there. Not only did Captain Robertson know he had lost the finest vessel he had ever commanded, but there was the additional trauma of so many deaths. In January 1942, shortly before his 31st birthday, he passed the examination for his certificate of competency as master of a foreign-going ship. Brought up initially in Westport and then in Lyttelton for most of his childhood, his was a seafaring family. TEV Wahine construction at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, GlasgowTEV Wahine construction at Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, GlasgowTEV Wahine launch Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, GlasgowTEV Wahine at Fairfield, Glasgow, taken about July/August 1965Captain H.G. Aboard the Manuka, which was on passage from Bluff to Dunedin, were 99 passengers and 104 crew under the command of Captain Ross Clark. Numerous problems had been experienced with the Wahine during her first months, especially with her high pressure steam plant. Sep 17, 2018 - TEV Wahine - In Wellington Harbour, 1968. The Karepo reached Wellington under her own power on 25 January where she was placed in the floating dock for repairs.After going on to serve as Chief Officer on the Union Steam Ship Company's trans-Tasman liner Monowai then the Wellington-Lyttleton Express Steamer Hinemoa, Gordon Robertson was promoted to master on 15 May 1952. Robertson and Captain E.G.K. This duly happened but then the ship, which was coming in to berth at Wellington, seemed to be at "full ahead" for an unusually long time. My name is Murray Robinson and I am the godson of Captain Gordon Robertson, the man who was in command of the Wahine … "Wahine" Drive-on Vehicular and Passenger Vessel information brochureJillian Vanzetti and her travel companion talking with a steward awaiting instructions.Engineer takes photograph of water on the vehicle deckPassengers on board TEV Wahine awaiting instructions after striking Barrett ReefShirley Hicks with son David and baby Gordon awaiting instructions.TEV Wahine passengers, in a lounge awaiting instructions after striking Barrett ReefMen in lifejackets on the TEV Wahine deck next to a broken tow cablePassengers in lifejackets attempting to board a liferaftMan on the deck of the TEV Wahine looks out on two red liferafts and a lifeboatA tug in the distance as seen from the deck of the TEV WahineTEV Wahine steaming in Wellington Harbour, prior to founderingAramoana Rail Ferry attempting to get close enough to Wahine to assistFireman and truck during Wahine Disaster, eastern shore of Wellington HarbourTEV Wahine survivors being assisted on the eastern shore of Wellington HarbourRescuers assisting survivors on the eastern shore of Wellington HarbourLiferaft on the eastern shore of Wellington HarbourRescuers searching for survivors in a liferaft on the eastern shore of Wellington Harbour.A collapsed liferaft on the eastern shore of Wellington HarbourSharon Major with baby Sarah at Inter-Island Wharf after being rescued by a tugTwo survivors from wreck of TEV Wahine near Burdon's GateFull lifeboat coming ashore at Seatoun after wreck of TEV WahineWahine liferaft arriving at Eastern Shore of Wellington HarbourFour bodies lying on eastern shore of Wellington Harbour after wreck of TEV Wahine. Gordon Robertson first went to sea in 1927 at the age of 16 as a ship's boy aboard the Union Steam Ship Company's trans-Tasman passenger liner Moeraki. Each master alternated with the other for one round voyage across to Picton and back. The Wahine's Master in command of the ship on 10 April 1968 was 57 year old Captain H G Robertson. He needed to serve further time as a ship's officer before he would be eligible for his first command. The offshore rocks and light tower of Pencarrow Head, where she fought her battle with the seas that morning, lie off to starboard just ahead of the ship. He was so good at it that we used to write the engine orders in the log book before he gave them, knowing precisely what they'd be. I never sailed with a finer ship's master. "I haven't slept since Wednesday (10 April)." Another myth has it that after the sinking he was banned from ever bringing a ship into Wellington harbour again. TEV Wahine was a twin-screw, turbo-electric, roll-on/roll-off passenger and vehicle ferry of the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand.She was launched at the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company in Govan, Scotland, in 1965 and worked the New Zealand inter-island route between Wellington and Lyttelton from 1966. He served as Master of the Aramoana for just over three years until 29 November 1965.On 1 December 1965, two days after leaving the Aramoana, Captain Robertson joined the liner Hinemoa on the Wellington-Lyttelton Steamer Express Service. In May-June 1945 he was Chief Officer of the 2,378 ton collier Wingatui when, in one of New Zealand's more remarkable epics of the sea, she was blown right around the North Island while trying to contend with adverse winds on a voyage in ballast from Wellington to Westport.Following the Wingatui Gordon Robertson was appointed Chief Officer of another collier, the 2,563 ton Karepo. The following year his employers flew him to London to take command of the newly purchased Kaponga and bring her back to New Zealand. "I don't know, Captain" relied Ken. Captain Robertson's appointment reflected the very high standing in which he was held by the Union Steam Ship Company both as a ship handler and navigator, and also as an administrator able to deal with the often highly militant labour unions. A propeller and plaque marks the disaster at Seatoun. But he made a complete recovery and after three months was back at sea again, taking command of the 3,363 ton cargo vessel Waiana at Tauranga on 23 August 1960.Two years later, on 25 September 1962, Captain Robertson was appointed one of two masters of the new Cook Strait rail ferry Aramoana, just seven weeks after she had entered service as replacement for the Tamahine. Aged 55, he was now the Union Steam Ship Company's senior master. Theirs is a truly marvelous seafaring epic of devotion to duty combined with very great tragedy.
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