SeapixOnlineDisplaying 10 of 11102 Lazy days in the Pacific approaching Panama on the RANGITANE, homeward bound from Wellington, New Zealand. There is a game of deck tennis in progress. Many will be having an afternoon rest away from the sun, but only the restaurant was air conditioned on these ships, so it would be warm down below. RANGITANE carried about 420 passengers and a large quantity of refrigerated cargo. She was built 1949, 21,867 tons gross, and sold when the passenger service ended, becoming ORIENTAL ESMERALDA. Broken up in 1976. Keywords: Cruise/Passenger ships, Scrapped, broken up, demolished, Historic Shipping |
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