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Holmpark

Taken by Graham Ferguson, NZ Coastal Shipping Forum  Copyright G. Ferguson
Built
1953
LR No.
5077723
Gross
588
Net
206
Dimensions
63.71m x 9.81m
Registered
Lyttelton
First Arrival
3 March 1966
Last Sailing
17 May 1968
Names
Commandant Milliasseau
Command
Holmpark
Holmni
Good Year
Hadyai Union I
Years
1953-65
1965-66
1966-74
1974-79
1979-87
1987-88

Built in Hamburg, she was powered by one 1270hp Mirrilees Bickerton & Day diesel engine.

She was acquired by Holm Shipping in late 1965 and, after a refit, provided a weekly Lyttelton - Onehunga service, commencing on 28 February 1966, travelling via New Plymouth and Raglan.

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Onehunga's most frequent visitor in 1967, during which year - in April, to be precise - she commenced the first coastal container service, she was withdrawn from this service in mid-1968, and was chartered by United Salvage Proprietary Ltd for use as a depot and accommodation vessel during the salvage of "Wahine", New Zealand's most remembered maritime disaster which occurred on 10 April 1968.

Just prior to the completion of that salvage operation, she was sold to her charterers in October 1972, after which she went on to serve interests in Singapore, Hong Kong and Thailand.

In 1988 she was abandoned in Port Moresby, and was scuttled in deep water off Papua New Guinea's capital on 21 November 1988.
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