SeapixOnlineDisplaying 1 of 1 Morning arrival for New Zealand Shipping Company's RANGITANE at Papeete, Tahiti. She is homeward bound from Wellington, NZ for the UK - Tahiti was a regular stop on both the outward and homeward voyages. CRUSADER is already alongside ahead - the berths in the centre of the town were very handy for the bars just across the wharf.
RANGITANE was built 1949, 21,867 tons gross, and carried about 420 passengers as well as a large quantity of refrigerated cargo. After she was sold she was briefly renamed JAN and then later still, ORIENTAL ESMERALDA. Keywords: Cruise/Passenger ships, Scrapped, broken up, demolished, Historic Shipping |
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