(NZ3)
(Passenger
seavices ended 1965)
From
Warren Moore's "Sail and Steam: Paintings by Jack Spurling"
Rangitiki (II) - twscm
16,698gt 1929
nlnz 2 photos
Ref.
Glasgow
No. 1/4-020739 aq
1929, on
Southampton, Panama,
No. 1/4-010092-G uw
Wellington run
(Wellington
harbour c. 1940s)
1940,
was in the convoy escorted
sln photo Digital
Image
by
the
Jervis Bay which was
No. a639369 uw
attacked the German pocket
nmm 4 photos:
battleship Admiral
Scheer but
No. P18582 uw
escaped. Spent the
war as a
(Copy of builder's photo)
troopship.in all
theatres except
No. P18587 am
the
North Pacific, and
sailed
(May1937, at Spithead
600,000 in this role.
Review)
1948,
returned to
commercial
No.
P23834 am
service on the
London,Panama,
(1943-1945)
Wellington route
No. N36786 uw
1962, final
sailing from
(1937, Southampton
Wellington,
scrappred
waters,
bound out)
Postcard in the author's collection.
Rangitata - twscm
16,737gt 1929
nlnz photo Ref.
Glasgow
No. EP/1962/0897/6-F
but for N. Z. S.
Co. service.
last voyage Mar. 1962)
Nov.1929,
first voyage on
slq photo
Image
the London,
Southampton,
No. 178767 uw
Panama,
Wellington route.
nmm 3 photos:
1936,
transferred to
N.Z.S.Co.
No. P18574 uw (1936)
ownership
No. P18576 uw
1941-1945,
troopship mainly
No. G3997 (1942-1943)
in North Atlantic
(Lying on Liverpool
1947,carrying
emigrants
Landing
Stage)
1949
first post-war voyage
London-Wellington
1961 scrapped
Postcard in the author's collection
.
Rangitane I - twscm
16,712gt 1929
sln photo
Digital Order
Glasgow
No. a639638
Nov.1940 intercepted
outward
(Off
entrance to
bound from
Wellington
350 miles
Royal Dock locks,
from East Cape,
New
Zealand
Thames)
by the
German
raiders Orion and
Komet.
Shelled
and eventually
sunk by
torpedo,
there were 16
killed
and the
299 survivors from
passengers and
crew were taken
prisoner.
Ninety
were taken back
to
Germany, and
the others with
the crew of
another ship sunk by
the
raiders were
put ashore at
Emirau
Isand in
the Solomons.
Postcard
in the
author's collection
Rimutaka (
twscs 16,385gt 1923
Walker-on-Tyne
1938 transferred to N.Z.S.Co.
on
a charter and r/n but never
owned.
Dec.1938 first voyage London-
Wellington.
1944 carried the Duke of
Gloucester to Australia
1950
sold by P&O to a
Panamanian
Company r/n Europa
and placed on the New York-
Antwerp service
1952
transferred to Liberian flag
r/n Nassau
for New York-Nassau
cruises
1962 sold
to Cia. Nav. Turisticana
Mexicana r/n Acapulco
to service
southern West Coast U.S. ports
and Acapulco.
1963
laid up.
1964
scrapped
Postcard in the
author's collection
Rakaia (
scm
8,213gt 1945 Belfast
No.
N58172 ut
Built for
Ministry of War Transport
(at
Swansea, bound out)
managed by N.Z.S.Co.
1946
acquired by N.Z.S.Co. and r/n
1950 coverted into a joint N.Z.S.Co-
Federal.S.N.Co. training ship for
38
cadets
1957
a snapped main engine piston
rod 700 miles out from New York
put the ship out of action. With
tarpaulin sails and the assistance of
an auxiliary engine, the ship reached
Liverpool
in 11 days
1967 transferred to Federal S.N. Co
1971 scrapped
Postcard in the author's collection.
Rangitoto -
twscm 21,809gt 1949
nlnz photo Ref.
Newcastle
No.1/4-020738-F
1949
first voyage London -
(by William Hall Raine,
Wellington, c.1949
slq
photo
Image
1967
transferred to Federal
No. 178787
ownership, same service
nmm 2 photos:
1969
taken out of
service
No. P18597 uw
sold to Orient
Overseas
(Builder's photo)
of Hongkong r/n Oriental
No.
N36787 uw
Carnaval
(Gravesend bound
out)
1970 on a Round the
World service out of San Diego
1975 laid up in Hong Kong
1976 scrapped
Postcard in the author's collection.
Rangitane (II) -
twscm 21,809 1950
nlnz 2 photos uw Ref.:
Clydebank
No. 1/4-020750-G.
1967
transferred to Federal
nlnz photo aq Ref.
ownership
No. 1/4-020747-
1968 withdrawn from service.
nmm
photo
Sold to Greek fim and resold
No.
P18572
to Oriet Overseas Line, Hongkong
(Off entrance to
Royal
r/n Oriental Esmeralda
Docks, River Thames)
1969 on the Round the
World
service out of San Diego
1976 scrapped
Postcard
in the author's collection
Ruahine (
Clydebank
No.
114/338/08-G aq
1951
first voyage London-
(Wellington, Aug. 1951)
Wellington
No. 1/4-020763-G
1967
transferred to Federal
(Approaching wharf,
ownership
Wellington, c. 1950s)
1968 sold to
Orient Overseas Line
slq 2 photos Image::
Hongkong r/n Oriental
Rio
No. 178852 uw
1969,
joined Round the
No.
178845 aq
World service
nmm photo
1973
scrapped
No. P18616 aq
(London)
Postcard in the author's collection
Remuera (II)
(ex Parthia) -
twscs 13,362gt 1948 Belfast
Rebiult aft to reduce cargo space.
1962 r/n Remuera.
Maiden
sailing
from London
1965 transferred to P&O's
Eastern & Australian S.S. Co.
r/n Aramac, inaugurated
Melbourne, Hong Kong, Japan,
Philippines route
1968
owned Eastern & Australian
1969 scrapped
1. Duncan Haws' "Merchant Fleets: New Zealand Shipping
& Federal S.N. Co." (TCL Publications,
Hereford,
updated & reprinted 1988)
2.
Website "www.theshipslist.com/lines/newzealand.html"