Friday, March 15, 2024

ship 'Otaki' from 1953


This was built by John Brown in 1953, in service for the NZ Shipping Company from 1953, transferred to the Federal Line in 1967; transferred to the P & O Line in 1973. The fourth ship of this name owned by the NZSCo.  Scrapped in 1984.

Dimensions: 526 feet (160 m) long; breadth: 70 feet (21 metres); draught: 30 feet (9.1 metres); tonnage 10,934 GRT. Main engines: two twelve-cylinder 11,500bhp Sulzers geared to a single shaft; Speed: 16 knots.


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