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TAIOMA 1947-1975
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BuilderA HallWhere BuiltAberdeen, ScotlandDate Built1944Tonnage232PropulsionSingle screw steamOwners & Previous Names1944-46 British Ministry of War Transport EMPIRE JANE
1946-75 USSCo
1975-78 BP NZ Ltd
1978 R A Owens, Tauranga. Land based museum
2000 Sunk off Tauranga Harbour.Additional NotesBuilt in 1944 by A Hall, Aberdeen as EMPIRE JANE. This and sister ship purchased by Union Company as replacement for two old wellington harbour tugs NATONE and TERAWHITI. Both tugs travelled to Wellington together arriving in October 1947. Sold to British Petroleum and remained working in Wellington to assist bunker barge operations under Union Company management. Towed to Tauranga in 1978 and placed in a museum. In 2000 refloated and scuttled off Mount Maunganui.
Where BuiltAberdeen, ScotlandDate Built1944Tonnage232PropulsionSingle screw steamOwners & Previous Names1944-46 British Ministry of War Transport EMPIRE JANE1946-75 USSCo
1975-78 BP NZ Ltd
1978 R A Owens, Tauranga. Land based museum
2000 Sunk off Tauranga Harbour.
Additional NotesBuilt in 1944 by A Hall, Aberdeen as EMPIRE JANE. This and sister ship purchased by Union Company as replacement for two old wellington harbour tugs NATONE and TERAWHITI. Both tugs travelled to Wellington together arriving in October 1947. Sold to British Petroleum and remained working in Wellington to assist bunker barge operations under Union Company management. Towed to Tauranga in 1978 and placed in a museum. In 2000 refloated and scuttled off Mount Maunganui.Connections
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (2nd Sep 2022). TAIOMA 1947-1975. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 28th Mar 2023 08:20, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/865