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HAWEA (1967)

Service dates: 1967-1971

Official number: 332162

Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND

Ship type:


Roll on/Roll off Cargo Ferry.


Career

12.07.1967
Launched by Mrs B S Cole.
10.1967
Delivered as Hawea for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
31.12.1971
The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company sold their interest in the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand to Tasman Union Ltd, therefore the vessel was no longer in Group service.
1976
Sold to New Zealand Ministry of Transport, Wellington (The Shipping Corporation of New Zealand Ltd, Wellington, managers) and renamed Coastal Ranger.
1979
Sold to Faros Maritime Co SA, Monrovia (Seaways Shipping & Trading Co SA, Piraeus, managers) and renamed Iniochos Express II.
1980
Ownership transferred to Iniochos Shipping Co SA, Piraeus (Seaways Shipping & Trading Co SA, Piraeus, managers) without a change of name.
1984
Sold to Seastar Navigation Co Ltd, Piraeus, without a change of name.
16.06.1985
Sold to Brodospas, Yugoslav shipbreakers and left Piraeus in tow for Split, Yugoslavia for demolition.
18.06.1985
Broken up at Split.


Ship technical details (PDF)