Name: | WAIPORI |
Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 28/07/1938 |
Completed: | 10/1938 |
Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
Yard: | Hebburn |
Yard Number: | 616 |
Dimensions: | 4282grt, 2473nrt, 357.6 x 55.2 x 26.2ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (23, 38 & 65 x 45ins), 459nhp |
Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co (1938) Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 142917 |
History: | |
09/01/1939 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin |
1966 | Australia Pacific Shipping Co (HK) Ltd, Hong Kong; renamed PACIFIC MARINER |
1966 | Kimberley Shipping Corp, Panama |
23/06/1969 | Broken up |
Comments: | 23/06/1969: Broken up at Hong Kong by Ming Kee |
Above photo as WAIPORI is copyright of Keith Wood
Above photo as WAIPORI is courtesy of Chris Howell
Above photo as WAIPORI is courtesy of Doug Wright