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OPUA (1902)

Service dates: 1925-1926

Official number: 112563

Shipping lines: ANCHOR SHIPPING & FOUNDRY LTD.

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

07.02.1902
Launched.
04.1902
Completed as Ramornie for the North Coast Steam Navigation Company, Sydney.
1919
Sold to McCorkill Ltd, Perth.
1920
Sold to D Reese, Christchurch and renamed Opua.
18.11.1924
Stranded at Farewell Spit.
1925
Acquired by the Opua Shipping Company, Christchurch (D Reese, manager).
15.12.1925
Sold to Anchor Shipping & Foundry Co Ltd.
02.06.1926
Stranded at Manukau.
02.10.1926
Wrecked approximately 19km (12 miles) north-east of Cape Palliser Lighthouse on a passage from Gisborne to Wellington.


Ship technical details (PDF)