Wootton
The first major vessel of the 20th century was built at Sydney in 1900 as a schooner.
Purchased by The Kaiapoi Shipping and Trading Company and converted to a steamer in 1905 the Wootton worked the river port for ten years to 1915 when the bar became badly silted, she made one last visit nine years later in 1924. During the 1930’s the New Zealand Navy used her as a training vessel until she was damaged in a storm at Rapaki and finished her days as a houseboat at Rapaki Bay Lyttelton Harbour. She sank during a storm in 1952.