Description<p>Built by Harland and Wolfe, Belfast as EMPIRE ABERCORN to a Union Castle design. 8563 tons. Length 145 metres. Single screw motor. Speed 14 knots. A sister ship to CALIFORNIA STAR (Later TIMARU STAR). Used as a cadet ship from 1950 to 1957 when cadets wre transferred to OTAIO. Broken up in 1971. </p>Date posted31st May 2011ContributorF Watts
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (21st Aug 2019). Rakaia 1946-1966. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 4th Mar 2021 11:02, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/917
