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Name: WHAKATANE
Type: Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship
Launched: 03/11/1899
Completed: 23/01/1900
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 372
Dimensions: 7022grt, 5438nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.7ft
Engines: T3cyl (30, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 491nhp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.5knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: 111348
History:
23/01/1900 New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, Plymouth
1924 SA Nav Alta Italia, Genoa; renamed MONCENISIO
1929 Soc Italiana di Nav e Transporti
24/04/1929 Broken up
Comments: 1920: Converted to carry cargo only
24/04/1929: Broken up at Savona


Above photo as WHAKATANE courtesy of Richard Cox

Above photo as WHAKATANE courtesy of Photoship

Above photo as WHAKATANE courtesy of Photoship