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WAITEMATA 1946-1967
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BuilderBurrard Dry Dock CoWhere BuiltVancouver, BC, CanadaDate Built1946Tonnage7364 GRTNumber of passengers16PropulsionSingle screw steam 10 knotsOwners & Previous Names1946-67 USSCo
1967-73 Hong Kong owners AMELIA
1973 Taiwan shipbreakers.Additional NotesBuilt for Royal Navy and launched as SELSEY BILL but then purchased by Union Company and completed to their design which included accommodation for 16 passengers. Used on trans Pacific run. In 1961 while in heavy fog off San Francisco collided with HOEGH CAPE. Sold in 1967 to Hong Kong interests when Union Company decided to withdraw from trans Pacific service.
Where BuiltVancouver, BC, CanadaDate Built1946Tonnage7364 GRTNumber of passengers16PropulsionSingle screw steam 10 knotsOwners & Previous Names1946-67 USSCo1967-73 Hong Kong owners AMELIA
1973 Taiwan shipbreakers.
Additional NotesBuilt for Royal Navy and launched as SELSEY BILL but then purchased by Union Company and completed to their design which included accommodation for 16 passengers. Used on trans Pacific run. In 1961 while in heavy fog off San Francisco collided with HOEGH CAPE. Sold in 1967 to Hong Kong interests when Union Company decided to withdraw from trans Pacific service. Connections
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (2nd Sep 2022). WAITEMATA 1946-1967. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 29th Mar 2023 04:57, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/859