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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.


Ship technical details (PDF)