What a cracker Bob

Allan

Good on you, Bob. You use the same reference book and edition as me.

My mistake. I misread the NZSC fleet list in my 1966 edition of "Ocean Ships". Substitute HURUNUI for HORORATA.

The "H" ships mentioned by BobS were all sisters except for Hororata, which was a separate building of 1942, and was the subject of a remarkable salvage in the Azores between December 1942 and March 1943 after being badly damaged by a U-boat.
The other sister not mentioned was the HURUNUI,(1948).

Rumour has it that I'm virtually the earth's answer to Mr. Spock...

But very logical, Jens. Even impressive in its logicality!

Hi Bob, thanks for the explanation, well, my guess was really a near miss, wasn't it?:-))

Jens: She and her sisters are called ‘H-Boats’ (mainly by people who sailed on them) because they were members of a class built in the late 1940s for the New Zealand Shipping Co and its sister company Federal Steam Navigation Co Ltd, both London-based companies which later were absorbed into the P&O group. Many of the NZSC ships had names beginning with 'H' (HAPARANGI, HAURAKI, HINAKURA, HORORATA). Federal SN Co had HERTFORD and HUNTINGDON plus a couple not starting with 'H' - CUMBERLAND and SUSSEX

H boat? Because the gear in this position reminds of the letter "H"?

That unmistakeable H boat profile.
They did look better with the mainmast though.

My first federal Liner I saw 1970 and the best.
Nice memory for me !!
Gerolf