Rapaki (steam crane)
 | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these messages)
|
 Rapaki in Auckland Harbour
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Name | Rapaki |
| Owner | Lyttleton Harbour Board |
| Port of registry | Auckland |
| Builder | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland[1] |
| Yard number | 485[1] |
| Launched | 19 November 1925[1] |
| Identification |
|
| Status | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 762 GRT[1] |
| Length | 160.4 ft (48.9 m)[1] |
| Beam | 52.3 ft (15.9 m)[1] |
| Installed power | steam engines |
| Propulsion | twin screw[1] |
| Speed | about |
The Rapaki steam crane is an historic boat in New Zealand.
On 24 December 1925 the Lyttelton Harbour Board ordered an 80-ton self-propelled floating crane, called Rapaki. It was named after the settlement close to Lyttelton of the same name. She was built at a cost of £42,000.
The Rapaki can be visited at the Auckland Waterfront.[2]
It is one of two steam cranes still in New Zealand waters, the other being the Hikitia which can be visited on the Wellington waterfront.