Glass plate: Steam passenger vessel
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Fletcher, William Leonard
Production date
1929-1955: Production date range for this image in the collection
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The ship is either the RANGITIKI, RANGITATA or RANGITANE of the New Zealand Shipping Company. The three ships were delivered in 1929. The first two ships operated on the NZ-UK run until 1962 (with a break in WW2 as troopships). The third was sunk in 1940 after an encounter with the German raiders KOMET and ORION. A gentle suggestion, NZMM should be able to identify ships like this from its own resources - they weren't exactly strangers to NZ ports! Furthermore, credibility in maritime expertise would be helped by a judicious assessment of likely dates when you are asking for help. There is no way that the ship pictured could be of a vintage as early as 1912.
- James Goldrick posted one year ago.