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The New Zealand Company barque 'Tyne' was a 500-ton sailing ship under Captain Charles Robertson that arrived at Port Nicholson (Wellington) on 9 August 1841, having sailed from the port of Downs on 9 April 1841.
On 6 September she sailed for Thames and then on to Auckland where she remained until the end of November before returning to Wellington. She sailed for Sydney on 12 February 1842.
On 12 February 1843 the Tyne sailed from London for Nelson, Wellington, and Auckland. She called at the Cape of Good Hope on 12 May, and Hobart on 31 July. At Hobart the Second Officer, James Stewart, fell overboard into the Derwent River and drowned. The ship reached Port Nicholson on 11 August. She arrived at Nelson on 28 September. The Tyne returned to Port Nicholson on 5 November via Kapiti. On 25 November the Tyne sailed for Port Phillip.
In 1844 the Tyne was back in Port Nicholson. She sailed for London on 23 May for London. In early 1845 she sailed for Port Nicholson from London, reaching Stephen Island on 3 September she proceeded into Cook Strait near Cape Terawhiti where she encountered a southerly storm. At about 5pm on 4 September she was driven into rocks losing the main and foremasts. She was then driven ashore. On 6 September soldiers from the 96th Regiment of Foot and the local militia arrived to assist the survivors ashore. No lives were lost.