Final voyage of ss Haupiri (ON 89094) in 1916.

[jcmac]

Thank you all for such a speedy result,
I was convinced by all the NZ papers that she had been used as sunken barrier and the "service" thereafter was an error in dates or another ship !?! especially as the Master had returned home by August 1916.
I assumed the voyage to the Med was via west coast and not the Suez.
I suppose in war-time it is not always sensible to assume a newspaper report is accurate!
Many thanks,
jcmac.

[ShaunJ]

Where is the report of her being in the Med? What date was she there?

[jcmac]

ShaunJ,
I had searched through every NZ paper up to the end of August 1916 and many record the same story.
What I have noted covered various aspects of what I was searching for so today I quickly selected 7 titles and the Auckland Star 28.8.1916 p.4 article "The late Sir G.M.O'Rourke" gives the relevant comment.
jcmac.

[ShaunJ]

the Auckland Star 28.8.1916 p.4 article "The late Sir G.M.O'Rourke"

This one? That's the discredited tale isn't it? https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/AS19160828.2.23

Best to focus on reports of shipping movements.

[Andy J2022]

Perhaps what I should have said is "Discredited yes, but it does explain why the OP thought that the ship entered the Med ..."

[ShaunJ]

There is no mention of the Haupiri visiting Mediterranean ports in March/April 1916 in contemporary reports of shipping movements.

This report on ships bound for London suggests the route from Cape Town was via Las Palmas only

[jcmac]

I used the NZ papers to track this vessel and because of the difficulty in using a limited number to search I committed to All/All in the newspaper selection. A very,very long list of searching!!!!! 
The story of its move in/out of the Med is repeated constantly in the majority of the NZ papers - I had no reason to doubt these reports - only why, having been sunk, it was still recorded as sailing up to 3 years later
Mystery solved thanks to RC members.
jcmac.
 

[ShaunJ]

The story of its move in/out of the Med is repeated constantly in the majority of the NZ papers

It's all in the same discredited reports as the sinking, attributed to "an old sailor", syndicated to various newspapers in NZ. They don't mention the stop at Las Palmas which did happen. 

The story of the dodge in to Marseilles and out again may be true but there is no mention of it in reported shipping movements. You would need to check the log in BT165/1326.

[HMac]

You would need to check the log in BT165/1326.

During wartime master's were told not to record details of visited ports - although many did so.
So if looking at the logbook - given it contains many parts - you are looking for pages 20 + 21 for that information.

Regards
Hugh