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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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