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Captain A C Showman

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DescriptionWent to sea with New Zealand Shipping Company. Joined Union Company in 1902 for delivery voyage of WAIKARE and promoted master in 1909. Served on a number of ships including WAIHORA on Calcutta service. Last ship was NIAGARA which he left 2 months before his death on account of illness in September 1927 at age 55.
Evening Post, I November 1927,

CAPTAIN A.C. SHOWMAN
The death in Sydney on Saturday of Captain Arthur C. Showman, late master of R.M.S. NIAGARA, removes one of the foremost personalities in maritime circles in New Zealand. He was one of the most popular masters in the service, and his death was a shock to his many friends in this country.
An Englishman by birth, and 55 years of age, Captain Showman served his time with the New Zealand Shipping Company, being on the Rangitikei for a number of years. He came to New Zealand on the maiden voyage of the WAIKARE and was with the Union Company for about five years. He then went to America and for some time was in the San Francisco – Manilla trade. In 1905 he returned to New Zealand and rejoined the Union Company in whose employ he has been ever since.
For a number of years he was in the West Coast trade as master of the KAITUNA. He was also master of the Mapourika when she was in the passenger service between Wellington and Greymouth. After this Captain Showman was in the Calcutta trade as captain of the WAIHORA and then in the Pacific Coast cargo service when he had command of the WAIHEMO and other vessels. When the R.M.S. AORANGI was launched, Captain Showman took over the command of the NIAGARA and in this capacity came to be the friend of many people both in New Zealand and abroad. He has been a widower for some years, and just before his illness he was married again in Sydney. On the last trip down from Vancouver he took ill and went ashore in Sydney, where his death occurred on Saturday morning. He leaves a son.

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Date posted16th February 2011ContributorWellington Maritime Museum

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