RARANGA
BUILT IN NEWCASTLE BY ARMSTRONG WHITWORTHS IN 1916. SHE HAD A SERVICE SPEED OF 14 KNOTS.
IN 1918 SHE WAS TORPEODED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE BUT DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF HER MASTER ( CAPTAIN CHARMAN ) THE VESSEL AND MOST OF HER CARGO WERE SAVED.
IN 1939 SHE WAS UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN F J OGILIVIE.
SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1950
Photo courtesy of Robyn Aitchison
CAPTAIN FREDERICK JAMES OGILVIE, PICTURED WITH HIS OFFICERS WHILST SERVING ON THE FORDSDALE. CAPTAIN OGILVIE HAD JOINED SSA IN 1923, HIS FIRST SSA VESSEL HAD BEEN THE HOBSONS BAY. HE ALSO COMMANDED THE WAIMANA IN 1937.
HE WAS CAPTAIN OF THE SHAW SAVILL & ALBION, ZEALANDIC WHICH LEFT LIVERPOOL IN 1941 NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
