MV Aorangi (1924)

	Aorangi
History
Name	Aorangi
Namesake	Mount Cook (Maori: Aorangi)
Owner	Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (1924-1931); Canadian Australasian Line (1931-1953);
Builder	Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Yard number	603
Launched	17 June 1924
General characteristics
Tonnage	17491 gross tonnage
Length	600 ft (183 m)
Beam	72.2 ft (22 m)
Draught	29.9 ft (9 m)

The Aorangi was a passenger vessel built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand and launched in 1924.^[1]

Career

Launched in 1924 for the Vancouver - Australia passenger route. Aorangai was fitted out as a troopship in 1941 and chartered until 1948, when she was returned to her owners.

Fate

She was broken up in 1953.

Notes

^ "MV Aorangi". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

External links

Media related to Aorangi (ship, 1924) at Wikimedia Commons
http://www.derbysulzers.com/shipaorangi.html

[1] "MV Aorangi". Clydeships. Retrieved 6 November 2019.

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