Before MV Tofua II, the Pacific Islands was well served by a good number of Union Steam Ship Company (USSCo) ships, including the very first SS Tofua that was built in 1908.

S.S. Tofua (I) became known as the very first “Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd”, (USSCo) ship that made a regular and a very important regular link with many of the Pacific Islands, which was greatly sought after by both the Polynesians and New Zealanders.

Jan 2, 2006 · MV Matau at Nukualofa, Tonga in 1946. The Matua with the Tofua sailed the following route until the late 1960's or early 1970's: Auckland to Suva, Nukulofa,Vavau, Niue, Apia, Suva, Auckland.

The Union Steam Ship Company’s MV Tofua was literally a “banana boat”, bringing fruit from the Pacific Islands to New Zealand as well as carrying passengers in cabins and on deck.

Description: Murray describes the voyage he made on the `Tofua' from Auckland to the Friendly and Navigator Islands, writing of his co-passengers, life on board ship, their sightings of various islands and the various people stationed on them.

Passenger and cargo ship of 5299 grt, built by W Denny & Bros., for the Pacific Islands service of the Union Steam Ship Company. Sold in 1973 to Khymer Shipping Co. in Hongkong, and renamed Tack Tai. See Ships with New Zealand Associations (Vol 9, p 121) Date: [1950-1967] From: Campbell, Mary Greig, 1907-1989 : Papers. Reference: MS-Papers-6748-45.

Record Identifier: 627-15 | Date Range: 1971 | Medium: Photograph - print | Series: Union Steam Ship photographic prints of ships | Restriction Status: Open | Read the full record details for Image: MV Tofua, Vavaʻu

Tofua is in Tonga's Ha'apai island group and is a small caldera rising above the Pacific Ocean. It was near Tofua that Captain William Bligh was removed from the Bounty and commenced the famous 41 day voyage to Timor in an open launch, navigating with only a …

Jan 4, 2010 · The MV Tofua was a Union Steamship Co cargo/passenger ship of 5300 tons built in 1951. Affectionately known as the ‘banana-boat’, each month the Tofua completed a circuit of a number of the smaller Pacific Islands close to New Zealand, taking up provisions and cargo and in turn, collecting bananas, oranges, pineapples, copra, etc for the ...

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