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Mamaku
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Built in Leith, she was powered by two 375hp British Polar diesel engines, producing a service speed of 10 knots.
She was launched on 28 July 1949, and set sail for Auckland via Middlesbrough - to load coke - on 15 October, arriving just in time for Christmas on 23 December, under the command of Captain C. McLeod, having called in at Gibraltar, Port Said, Aden, Colombo and Australia en route.
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She was equipped with three pairs of heavy duty electric winches serving six cargo derricks, two of which were 10 ton jumbo derricks. She could carry 670 tons of cargo, while the capacity of her holds was 40000 cubic feet.
As well, she was the first vessel to be fitted with the McGregor "single pull" steel hatch covers. The forward hatchway had seven sections - three for'ard and four aft - and took about a minute to open, while the aft hatchway comprised four sections, and took about 40 seconds to open, 35 seconds to close.
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She was employed primarily in the general cargo trade between Onehunga, Nelson and Motueka, and had two refrigerated compartments - 64 tons capacity in total, for the carriage of fruits and frozen food - installed both fore and aft following the development of the deep freeze industry. She was the first Anchor vessel to have refrigeration.
Ben Gibbs was a former crewman on "Mamaku", and fondly recalls his time aboard the ship here.
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The first ship to use both the extended Onehunga Wharf - to discharge 5500 cases of apples from Nelson on 7 December 1963 - and the Nelson slipway, on 30 September 1970, she was sold to the Pacific Islands Transport Company in mid-1972, making a couple of calls at Onehunga for her new owners before the year ended. Indeed, she arrived from Nelson on 26 July to load for Vila and Honiara, departing three days later. Her final call at Onehunga took place in December 1972.
Within twelve months, she had changed hands twice more, on the second occasion to Singaporean interests, whom she served for six years until being acquired by Thai owners in 1979. It is believed she was broken up in 1986.
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