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KAITOA (1909)

Service dates: 1917-1950

Official number: 93995

Shipping lines: ANCHOR SHIPPING & FOUNDRY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

22.06.1909
Launched.
1909
Completed as Kaitoa for Anchor Shipping & Foundry Ltd.
10.10.1915
Stranded in Blind Bay.
1915
Re-measured. Now 312 grt, 134 nrt.
1916
Re-measured. Now 319 grt, 141 nrt.
02.03.1916
Ran aground at Motueka.
01.07.1917
Takeover of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand (Anchor Shipping & Foundry a subsidiary company) by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
03.08.1930
Ran aground at Wanganui.
1939
Re-measured. Now 136 nrt.
21.07.1941
Broke her shaft while at Wellington.
19.02.1949
Stranded at Manukau.
1950
Sold to Wells Bros, Wakatahuri, Marlborough Sound, and broken up there.


Ship technical details (PDF)