Haparangi Due At Lyttelton

Press, Volume C, Issue 29643, 13 October 1961, Page 7

Haparangi Due At Lyttelton

The motor-vessel Haparangi, which is due at Lyttelton on the week-end. is typical of the fleet of fine cargo liners owned and operated by the New Zealand Shipping Company. The Haparangi is only one of many fine vessels of a similar type owned by the company, which has played a major part in building the United Kingdom and New Zealand trade. The familiar yellow funnel, white upperworks, and black hull of the company’s ships are always

in evidence in New Zealand’s main ports. Those not directly connected with shipping are more likely to be familiar with the company's passenger liners—the veterans Rangitiki and Rangitata, and the more modern Ruahine, Rangitoto, and Rangitane, but the Haparangi and her kind are the handmaidens of the company’s great merchant fleet Built by John Brown, of Clydebank, the Haparangi is of 11,281 tons, and has a cruising speed of 17 knots. She is more than 580 ft in length, and has a beam of

70ft. She is commanded by Captain W. J. T. Stevens, The Haparangi’s cargo gear, which includes one 50ton heavy-lift derrick, is distributed over six hatches. The ship has a refrigerated cargo capacity of 520,000 cub. ft. and a general cargo capacity of 250,000 cu. ft. While at Lyttelton, the Haparangi will load refrigerated and general cargo for North American ports on the Atlantic seaboard, and also general cargo for Glasgow and Liverpool. She will sail for Napier next week.