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WHANGAROA (1955)
Service dates: 1955-1971
Official number: 186307
Shipping lines: NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.; BRITISH INDIA STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD.
Ship type:
General Cargo Liner.
Career
- 21.06.1955
- Launched.
- 15.10.1955
- Delivered as Whangaroa for the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.
- 13.03.1956
- Collided with a dock wall at Philadelphia, bound Auckland to Saint John, New Brunswick.
- 12.1961
- Two crew members arrested at Napier for putting sand in the ship’s steering gear in the hope that the vessel would have to turn back to Auckland.
- 10.09.1965
- Ownership, management and operation transferred to Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Ltd for £850,000. Renamed Wainui.
- 10.03.1966
- Suffered a fire in her cargo at Wellington; 40 bales of jute destroyed.
- 31.03.1970
- Ownership, management and operation transferred to British India Steam Navigation Co Ltd for £520,000. Renamed Warina.
- 17.04.1971
- Sold to Admiti Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta, (Kardamylian Development Corp, managers) and renamed Garoufalia.
- 10.1972
- Sold to Ganadera Sudamerica SA, Famagusta, (N & J Vlassopulos, managers) renamed Dromeus and registered at Chios.
- 03.1973
- Resold to Admiti Shipping Co Ltd, Famagusta, (Kardamylian Development Corp, managers) and renamed Garoufalia.
- 19.03.1974
- Arrived at Kaohsiung to be broken up.
- 22.03.1974
- Delivered to the Tai Kien Industry Co Ltd.
- 28.06.1974
- Demolition commenced.