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TONGARIRO (1925)
Service dates: 1925-1960
Official number: 146002
Shipping lines: NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING COMPANY LTD.
Ship type:
Refrigerated Cargo Ship.
Career
- 13.11.1924
- Launched.
- 25.02.1925
- Ran trials.
- 25.02.1925
- Delivered as Tongariro for the New Zealand Shipping Company Ltd.
- 17.07.1929
- Grounded 8km (5 miles) south-east of Ras al Ara, Perim, bound Bowen to London. She was refloated the next day.
- 30.03.1932
- Suffered rudder damage in rough weather off Oamaru. She was repaired in dry dock at Port Chalmers.
- 26.08.1936
- Grounded in the Clyde near Dumbarton.
- 04.12.1939
- Lost her German-designed Ertz rudder in 49°40’N-10°58’W bound Southampton to Auckland. She arrived back in Falmouth on the 12th.
- 25.04.1940/20.03.1946
- Requisitioned for the Liner Division but spent the period from 7th October 1945 to 16th February 1946 as a victualling stores issuing ship.
- 07.08.1941
- Grounded when leaving Buenos Aires.
- 09.09.1941
- Collided with and sank the tanker Socony in 51°03’N-41°32’W with the loss of two lives while in convoy, bound Halifax to London. She arrived at Belfast for repair on the 17th.
- 03.03.1942
- Suffered a gunfire attack from a submarine off Cape Naturaliste having left Fremantle the previous day for the United Kingdom with wool and general cargo.
- 06.07.1943
- Grounded in the Panama Canal, but refloated the following day.
- 17.10.1947
- Mainmast collapsed at Lisbon and new one fitted.
- 14.08.1954
- Touched the bank of the Yarra when arriving at Melbourne.
- 26.08.1954
- Suffered a failure of her steering gear, bound Melbourne to Adelaide and towed back to Williamstown by the tugs Howard Smith and Tooronga.
- 27.04.1960
- Sold for £112,000 to Far East Metal Industry & Shipping Ltd, London, and renamed Far East Trader.
- 25.07.1960
- Arrived at Hong Kong for demolition by Far East Metal Industry Corporation who began work 29th August 1960.