MV Aorangi (1924)
The Aorangi was a passenger vessel built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand and launched in 1924.[1]
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| History | |
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| Name: | Aorangi |
| Namesake: | Mount Cook (Maori: Aorangi) |
| Owner: |
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| Builder: | Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan |
| Yard number: | 603 |
| Launched: | 17 June 1924 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 17491 gross tonnage |
| Length: | 600 ft (183 m) |
| Beam: | 72.2 ft (22 m) |
| Draught: | 29.9 ft (9 m) |
Career
Launched in 1924 for the Vancouver - Australia passenger route. Aorangai was fitted out as a troopship in 1941 and chartered until 1948, when she was returned to her owners.
Fate
She was broken up in 1953.
Notes
- "MV Aorangi". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
External links
- http://www.derbysulzers.com/shipaorangi.html
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