Notable Ships Owned By Huddart Parker
- SS Coogee, purchased in 1888 for the Bass Strait trade
- SS Nelson, purchased in 1890, sunk on its first voyage, at the mouth of the Tamar River.
- SS Elingamite, Trans-Tasman passenger steamer, sunk north of New Zealand in 1902, with a large amount of gold on board.
- SS Zealandia, 1910-42, notable cargo and passenger vessel which served as a troopship in both World War I and World War II, sunk in the air raids on Darwin, 19 February 1942.
- HMAS Westralia, Trans-Tasman liner, in service from 1929 to 1960; requisitioned for war service in 1939.
- TSMV Wanganella, Trans-Tasman liner, in service from 1933 to 1962
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