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TKe Turakina is a geared turbine steamer of 8706 tons, built in 1923 for the New Zealand Shipping Company. With a speed of 14 knots, she has a length of 460.5 feet, a breadth of 62.7 feet, and a depth of 35.2 feet. For 17 years she has been engaged in.the refrigerated cargo trade between New Zealand and United Kingdom ports. Captain J. Laird is in command. She is the third ship to bear the name. The first one was formerly the ship City of Perth, which was driven ashore at Timaru in 1882 by a heavy sea, along with the ship Benvenue. The latter struck broadside on and was a total loss, and the City of Perth struck the Benvenue end on. She was refloated and renamed. She made a reputation as a fast sailer, at one time overtaking the steamer Ruapehu when the latter was doing 14£ knots. The second ship of the name was built in 1902 for the carriage of both passengers and cargo. In 1908 a fire broke out" in her cargo while she was in Wellington, but it was extinguished with the aid of the tug Terawhiti. She met he* end on August 13, 1917, when she was torpedoed off Bishop Rock, shortly after she had disembarked a section of the 25tlh Reinforcements of the First New Zealand Expeditionary For<ce at Plymouth.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 47, 23 August 1940, Page 8
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232THIRD OF THE NAME Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 47, 23 August 1940, Page 8
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