| Name: | MAORI |
| Type: | Passenger Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/11/1952 |
| Completed: | 10/1953 |
| Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
| Yard: | High Walker |
| Yard Number: | 139 |
| Dimensions: | 8303grt, 3701nrt, 1450dwt, 439.2 x 63.2 x 25.7ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, driving 2 x electric motors, 15000shp |
| Engines by: | British Thomson-Houston Co Ltd, Rugby |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 21.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 196280 |
| History: | |
| 20/11/1953 | Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Wellington |
| 1974 | Wiltopps (Asia) Ltd, Hong Kong |
| 03/1974 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Built for the Wellington to Lyttelton service with accommodation for 790 x passengers |
| 1965: Converted by Taikoo Dockyard & Engineering Co at Hong Kong into a | |
| passenger / RO-RO ferry with stern doors and capacity for 90 x vehicles | |
| 1974: Sold for a projected Hong Kong to Taiwan service | |
| 06/03/1974: Arrived at Kaohsiung for breaking up | |
| 18/04/1974: Breaking up commenced by Yung Tai Steel & Iron Co Ltd |
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