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Name: RAKAIA
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 25/04/1895
Completed: 06/1895
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 330
Dimensions: 5628grt, 3660nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 490nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 105262
History:
06/1895 New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, Plymouth
1915 Brodmead Steamship Co Ltd (Blue Star Line Ltd), London; renamed BRODMEAD
1920 Union Cold Storage Co Ltd (Blue Star Line (1920) Ltd), London
1920 Renamed ROMANSTAR
1929 Blue Star Line Ltd, London; renamed ROMAN STAR
29/09/1934 Broken up
Comments: 29/09/1934: Arrived at Savona for breaking up by Ricuperi Metallici


Above photo as RAKAIA courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as ROMAN STAR courtesy of Photoship

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 26/04/1895