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                                                                                                                                                                                                Image courtesty of Ian Pattison

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                                                                                                                                                                                               Image courtesty of Ian Pattison

AOTEA / ARIAKE

BUILT BY THE MITSUI SHIP BUILDING & ENGINEERING CO LTD AT TAMAN ( JAPAN ) SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 24,433 TONS AND HAD A SERVICE SPEED OF 23 KNOTS. HER OFFICIAL NUMBER WAS 339349. SHE WAS LAUNCHED AS THE "ARIAKE" FOR THE AUSTRALIAN JAPAN CONTAINER LINE LTD OF LONDON IN 1970.

 IN 1977 SHE WAS RE-NAMED "AOTEA" AND LATER THE SAME YEAR SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE CRUSADER SWIRE CONTAINER SERVICE.

 IN 1981 SHE WAS BEING MANAGED BY OCL ( OVERSEAS CONTAINERS LTD ) THE BOTTOM TWO PICTURES SHOW MV AOTEA IN WELLINGTON HARBOUR IN DECEMBER 1980, IAN PATTISON ( WHO KINDLY SUPPLIED THE PHOTOGRAPHS ) WAS A SERVING DECK CADET AT THIS TIME.

 

 

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