| Name: | AOTEA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 15/11/1894 |
| Completed: | 01/1895 |
| Builder: | CS Swan & Hunter |
| Yard: | Wallsend |
| Yard Number: | 199 |
| Dimensions: | 5653grt, 4916nrt, 430.6 x 49.0 x 29.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (29, 47.5 & 80 x 48ins), 602nhp |
| Engines by: | Central Marine Engine Works, West Hartlepool |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 104047 |
| History: | |
| 01/1895 | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton |
| 1912 | Bank Line Ltd (A Weir & Co), Glasgow; renamed NANERIC |
| 1925 | Attilio Ardito, Genoa; renamed BALLARI |
| 22/05/1925 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 21/01/1911: Stranded at Moville Point, near Table Bay, Cape Town |
| On a voyage from Liverpool to Auckland carrying general cargo | |
| 04/03/1911: Refloated and sold as a contructive total loss | |
| 12/1917: Admiralty requisition as a commissioned escort vessel | |
| Armed with 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 2 x 1 x 4.0ins guns, also 2 x 1 x howitzers | |
| 03/1919: Returned to owners | |
| 22/05/1925: Arrived at Genoa for breaking up |
Above photo as AOTEA is copyright of Allan C Green
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Friday, 16/11/1894