General/refrigerated cargo ship “Turakina” at anchor in Waitemata Harbour, Auckland, in November 1974
Owner: Peninsular & Oriental Steam Nav. Co., London
Manager: P&O General Cargo Division
Port of registry: London
Builder: Bartram & Sons Ltd., Sunderland (Hull-384)
Gross tons: 7,707
Deadweight: 8,600
Length overall: 138.65 m
Max. draft: 8.808 m
Engine: 8-cylinder Sulzer diesel, 10,400 b.h.p., by George Clark (Sunderland) Ltd.
Speed: 17 knots
Completed September 1960 for New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., London.
Ownership transferred (within P&O Group) December 1966 to Federal Steam Navigation Co. Ltd,. London (N.Z.S. Co. remaining as managers).
Management transferred October 1971 to to P&O General Cargo Division
Ownership transferred April 1973 to P&O S.N. Co.
Sold August 1977 to Uiterwyk Line (Reefer) Inc, Liberia; renamed “Patricia U” the following year.
Sold 1978 to Sold to Sparta Shipping Co. S.A., Greece (managers Kallimassias Maritime Ltd.), retaining name
Sold 1982 to Armadora Compania Frigorifica S.A., Greece (same managers), renamed “Gulf Reefer”
Sold 1985 Lisboa Shipping Co Ltd, Valletta, renamed “Sines”
Arrived for scrapping at Huangpu, PR of China, January 1986.