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RINGAROOMA 1878-1901
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Number of ImagesRingarooma
Particulars of Ship
BuilderThos Wingate & CoWhere BuiltWhiteinch Date Built1875Tonnage1096 GRTOwners & Previous Names1875-1878 McMeekan, Blackwood & Co, Melbourne
1878-1901 USSCo
1901-1903 G Kunst, Samoa SAMOA
1903-1925 Various Japanese owners GEIHO
1925 Japanese ship breakersAdditional NotesRINGAROOMA was the pride of the McMeekan Blackwood fleet when it entered the trans Tasman service in 1875.
Three years later USSCo took over the company and its vessels.
Where BuiltWhiteinch Date Built1875Tonnage1096 GRTOwners & Previous Names1875-1878 McMeekan, Blackwood & Co, Melbourne1878-1901 USSCo
1901-1903 G Kunst, Samoa SAMOA
1903-1925 Various Japanese owners GEIHO
1925 Japanese ship breakers
Additional NotesRINGAROOMA was the pride of the McMeekan Blackwood fleet when it entered the trans Tasman service in 1875.Three years later USSCo took over the company and its vessels.
Connections
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (21st Aug 2019). RINGAROOMA 1878-1901. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 19th May 2022 11:48, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/2308