Name Aorangi Tonnage 17491 gross tonnage Launched 17 June 1924 | Yard number 603 Length 600 ft (183 m) | |
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Namesake Mount Cook (Maori Aorangi) Owner Union Steamship Company of New Zealand (1924-1931)
Canadian Australasian Line (1931-1953) Builder Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company | ||
The Aorangi was a passenger vessel built by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan for the Union Steamship Company of New Zealand and launched in 1924.
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Career
Launched in 1924 for the Vancouver - Australia passenger route. Aorangai was fitted out as a troopship in 1941 and chartered until 1948, when she was returned to her owners.
Fate
She was broken up in 1953.
References
MV Aorangi (1924) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA