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Name
Official number
Flag
IMO
AORANGI
76068
Year built
Date launched
Date completed
1883
02/10/1883
17/10/1883
Vessel type
Vessel description
Passenger / Cargo Refrigerated
Steel Screw Steamer 3 Masts Barque
Builder
Yard
Yard no
John Elder & Co., Govan
Fairfield Yard
281
Tonnage
Length
Breadth
Depth
Draft
4268 grt / 2655 nrt /
389.0 ft
46.0 ft
23.7 ft
Engine builder
,
Engine detail
1-screw
First owner
First port of register
Registration date
New Zealand Shipping Company
Lyttelton
Other names
Subsequent owner and registration history
Canadian Australian Royal Mail Line
1897 New Zealand Line
1910 Union Steamship Co. of New Zealand
Vessel history
Remarks
>James Huddart. >Union SS Co NZ. >British India SN Co. >Adm.
End year
Fate / Status
1915
Blockship 10/08/1915
Disposal Detail
10/8/1915 scuttled as blockship at Holm Sound, Scapa Flow, Orkneys. She was later raised but swept ashore and wrecked on 8/9/1920.
AORANGI
Image courtesy of : Old Ship Picture Gallery
AORANGI
Image courtesy of : City of Vancouver Archives
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