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KEKERANGU (1919)
Service dates: 1920-1953
Official number: 143049
Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND
Ship type:
Collier.
Career
- 05.09.1918
- Launched for the Shipping Controller as War Coast.
- 20.03.1919
- Completed as Cosmos for J S Ambrose, Cardiff. Sold to Severn Shipping Company, Cardiff (N G Hallett, manager).
- 20.10.1920
- Acquired by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand and retained her name.
- 1921
- Renamed Kekerangu (although she was originally intended to be named Karaka).
- 1923
- Registry transferred to Sydney, NSW.
- 24.04.1926
- Registry transferred to Wellington, NZ.
- 08.1953
- Sold to Gilbert’s (A’sian) Agency (Vic) Pty Ltd, Melbourne, and broken up in Japan.