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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