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TAUPATA (1930)

Service dates: 1930-1949

Official number: 153992

Shipping lines: ANCHOR SHIPPING & FOUNDRY LTD.

Ship type:


General Cargo Ship.


Career

17.12.1930
Completed. She had been launched unnamed on speculation by Niccol and sold to Anchor Shipping & Foundry while fitting out.
10.03.1931
Registry transferred to Nelson, NZ.
05.12.1931
Suffered propeller damage off Cape Egmont.
16.01.1932
Broke her shaft in the Tasman Bay.
27.06.1934
Broke her shaft off Pigeon Bay.
29.04.1935
Stranded in the French Pass.
18.07.1938
Stranded at Motueka.
28.12.1939
Stranded in the Tory Channel.
15.07.1940
Suffered propeller damage at Tarakohe.
29.01.1947
Stranded in the French Pass.
25.02.1948
Stranded in the French Pass.
1949
Sold to Pearl Kasper Shipping Company, Nelson.
1962
Sold to Coastal Services (Motueka), Nelson.


Ship technical details (PDF)