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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
RANGITIKI
149561
GBR
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1929
29/08/1928
01/1929
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo
Steel Motor Vessel
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Clydebank
516
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
16698 grt / 10266 nrt /
531.0 ft
70.2 ft
38.1 ft
33.8 ft
Engine builder
John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank
Engine detail
Twin M5cyl 2SCSA oil 2186nhp, 2-screw
Brown-Sulzer type
1948 re-engined with twin Doxford vertically-opposed diesel marine engines together developing 12920bhp
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, London
Plymouth
22/01/1929
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Vessel history
1948 conversion and re-engining carried out by builder (Yd 639)
Remarks
End year
Fate / Status
1962
Broken Up 26/07/1962
Disposal Detail
Arrived at Santander for breaking, commenced 10/1962.
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