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WINGATUI 1920-1951
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BuilderSchiffswerft von Henry Koch
Where BuiltLubeckTonnage2378 GTOwners & Previous Names1914-1919 Oldenberg-Portugiesische ANTWERPEN
1919-1920 USSCo KAIRANGA
1920-1951 USSCo WINGATUI
1951-1952 Chandris, Piraeus THOULA CHANDRIS
Additional NotesThe fifth former German ship purchased by USSCo after Wolrd War 1. A high sided low powered, she had many incidents of colliding with other vessels, wharves and sandbanks. On one voyage she sailed from Wellington on 25 May 1945 in ballast for Westport but she met strong winds after passing Cape Farewell and was blown north. She eventually circumnavigated the North Island and arrived back in Wellington 38 days later on a voyage that should have taken 5 days. She was the slowest ship in the USSCo fleet and on one voyage from Wellington to Lyttelton she was passed three times by the ferry WAHINE.
Ran aground on Arnemuiden Shoal, near Jakarta 12 December 1952 and subsequently towed to Hong Kong shipbreakers.
Where BuiltLubeckTonnage2378 GTOwners & Previous Names1914-1919 Oldenberg-Portugiesische ANTWERPEN1919-1920 USSCo KAIRANGA
1920-1951 USSCo WINGATUI
1951-1952 Chandris, Piraeus THOULA CHANDRIS
Additional NotesThe fifth former German ship purchased by USSCo after Wolrd War 1. A high sided low powered, she had many incidents of colliding with other vessels, wharves and sandbanks. On one voyage she sailed from Wellington on 25 May 1945 in ballast for Westport but she met strong winds after passing Cape Farewell and was blown north. She eventually circumnavigated the North Island and arrived back in Wellington 38 days later on a voyage that should have taken 5 days. She was the slowest ship in the USSCo fleet and on one voyage from Wellington to Lyttelton she was passed three times by the ferry WAHINE.Ran aground on Arnemuiden Shoal, near Jakarta 12 December 1952 and subsequently towed to Hong Kong shipbreakers.
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (2nd Sep 2022). WINGATUI 1920-1951. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 31st Mar 2023 16:36, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/2657