British pass/cargo liner RAKAIA, imo 5289481/ 144,5/ 8.563gt/ 1xdiesel 8cyl, 2 S.C.D.A, B&W 7.500bhp7 15kn; 30/06/1945 completed by Harland & Wollf, Belfast, for MOwT (British Government), Belfast, mgrs. New Zealand Shipping Co, Ltd., London: 1946 RAKAIA, New Zealand Shipping Co, Ltd., London; 1950 fitted out as cadet ship for 38 cadets, ceasing that role in 1968; 1966 RAKAIA, parent company Federal Steam Navigation Co,. Ltd., London; 22/08/1971 arrived Hong Kong for breaking up.
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