ship 'Moeraki'

This Union Steam Ship Company ship, employed on the trans-Tasman service, dated from 1902, built by William Denny & Brothers ship builders at Dumbarton, Scotland. Like the identical sister ship Manuka from the following year, Moeraki was 4392 grt and was powered with two x 3 cylinder triple expansion steam engines, with dual shafts and two screws. Top speed was a for the time impressive 15 knots. Moeraki was laid up at Sydney in 1930 and sold to Japanese shipbreakers in 1933.