Taken and provided by Robin Scott
Photo shows ship arriving at Timaru
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Built in Rochester, New York as a tanker for the US Navy, she had twin rudders and screws and a shallow draft for navigating estuary ports. With the addition of two large hatches, she was converted for mercantile duties for Dutch interests in 1947 and traded around Singapore and Indonesia.
She was acquired in 1950 by a Sydney outfit, for whom she operated for thirteen years carrying coal and road metal on the New South Wales coast, mainly between Newcastle and Sydney. She carried a crew of sixteen.
Made just one visit to Onehunga, in July 1963, calling from Bundaberg for the Fijian Shipping & Trading Company, sporting a bright blue funnel with a black top. Fifteen months later, she was wrecked off the south-eastern coast of Papua New Guinea.
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