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HMNZT RUAPEHU 1901-31

7705 gross tons. Lb: 139.4 x 17.7 metres. Passenger/cargo steamship built by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton for New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, registered Plymouth. 2 x three cylinder triple expansion steam engines, 5045 ihp, twin screws, 14.3 knots.21 February 1901 launched, completed – delivered 18 April 1901. Saw name change to Australasia when charteredContinue reading “HMNZT RUAPEHU 1901-31”

HMNZT RUAPEHU 1901-31

HMNZT RUAPEHU 1901-31 7705 gross tons. Lb: 139.4 x 17.7 metres. Passenger/cargo steamship built by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton for New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, registered Plymouth. 2 x three cylinder triple expansion steam engines, 5045 ihp, twin screws, 14.3 knots. 21 February 1901 launched, completed – delivered 18 April 1901. Saw name changeContinue reading “HMNZT RUAPEHU 1901-31”

HMNZT MOERAKI 01 1903-33

HMNZT MOERAKI 01 1903-33 4392 gross tons. Lb: 368’7″ x 47′ (112.4 x 14.4 metres). Passenger/cargo steamship built 1902 by W Denny & Bros, Dumbarton for the Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd. Registered Dunedin yet flew the flag of Great Britain. From 1907 flew the New Zealand Flag. Twin screw, triple expansion engineContinue reading “HMNZT MOERAKI 01 1903-33”