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MV Aorangi (1924)

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Aorangi
History
NameAorangi
NamesakeMount Cook (Maori: Aorangi)
Owner
BuilderFairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan
Yard number603
Launched17 June 1924
General characteristics
Tonnage17491 gross tonnage
Length600 ft (183 m)*
Beam72.2 ft (22 m)*
Draught29.9 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

  1. ^ "MV Aorangi". Clydesite.co.uk. Retrieved 9 September 2011.
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