TEV Wahine was a twin-screw, turbo-electric, roll-on/roll-off passenger ferry. Ordered in 1964, the vessel was built by the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, in Govan, Glasgow, Scotland
Wahine at sea
A photo of TEV Wahine listing starboard
looking east on a calm day over the entry of Wellington Harbour, where the disaster occurred. The ferry entering the harbour is Aratere.