S. Kissling, Auckland 1888 M. M. de Arrótegui, Bilbao 1906 Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco SS Hilonian was a general passenger and cargo steamer, built as the Triumph in 1880 at Middlesbrough[1] for McIntyre & Co, and later fitted with refrigeration equipment and leased to Shaw Savill and the New Zealand Shipping Company.

[5] After leaving Auckland on 29 November 1883, she ran aground close to a lighthouse, on rocks on an island in the harbour.

[6] The Nautical Court concluded that the grounding was due to the quartermaster being given orders to steer with the lighthouse on the port bow, as the captain was feeling tired.

[6] In January 1884 George Fraser successfully salvaged Triumph from the shore at Tiritiri Island, having purchased the vessel for £2,100 he had it afloat and in Auckland harbour within weeks.

Yet again Triumph was raised and sold in 1910 to the Matson Navigation Company, to run between Honolulu and San Francisco as the Hilonian, converted as an oil-burner.