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Tiare Moana
 
photo supplied by Shipping Corporation of NZ
Built
1967
LR No.
6706333
Gross
1337
Net
581
Dimensions
78.16m x 13.31m
Registered
Whangarei
First Arrival
9 October 1979
Last Sailing
12 March 1982
Names
Nordkyn
Tiare Moana
Dolphin
Chaman Progress
Fathima
Sea Queen
Asian Queen
Years
1967-77
1977-87
1987-95
1995-97
1997-98
1998-2000
2000-unknown

Built in the Kaldnes Mek. Verk yard in Tonsberg, Norway, she was powered by two 1700hp diesel engines, giving a service speed of 13.5 knots.

Ice strengthened, she boasts two holds, one for general cargo and the other for refrigerated goods. Both are served by two 3 tonne derricks, a heavy-lift derrick for loads up to 20 tonnes, and one 5 tonne crane.

Also boasts a side port (below left), a door in the ship's side which opens to form a ramp onto the wharf. Forkhoists can then drive on board and place the cargo on elevators which move same to the appropriate deck, where another forkhoist would stow the cargo.

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Sailed from Auckland to the Cook Islands, Tahiti and Niue Island in conjunction with the Foreign Affairs Department of New Zealand between 1977 and 1987, occasionally visiting Onehunga in the early years of the service until the decision to operate solely from Auckland was made in 1982, delays to voyages due to conditions at the Manukau Heads being one of the conditions cited for the switch.

Sold to Maldives interests in 1987, and has served a variety of customers since, but was laid up in the Gulf of Kutch in 2011 and is likely to have been broken up.
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