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KAHIKA (1938)
Service dates: 1917-1930
Official number: 159572
Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND
Ship type:
General Cargo Ship.
Career
- 17.12.1937
- Launched.
- 02.1938
- Completed as Kahika for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand.
- 16.03.1940
- En route from Strahan to Melbourne, she struck rocks and was wrecked near West Point, Tasmania in position 41°10’S-144°45’E.