Passenger/cargo ship “Oriental Esmeralda” at Keelung, 14th September 1975
Owner: Oriental Latin America Lines Inc., Monrovia (C.Y. Tung Group)
Flag: Liberia
Builder: John Brown & Co Ltd., Clydebank (Hull-648)
Gross tons: 21,867
Deadweight: 14,700
Length overall: 167.64 m
Max. draft: 10.302 m
Engines: 2 x 6-cylinder Doxford diesels, 16,000 b.h.p.; twin-screw
Service speed: 17 knots
Completed December 1949 as “Rangitane” for New Zealand Shipping Co., London (416 passengers in one class)
ownership transferred 1967 to Federal Steam Navigation Co. (NZS Co. as managers)
Sold May 1968 to Astroguardia Cia Nav, Greece, renamed “Jan”, chartered back to Federal for one cargo voyage. Then sailed for Kaohsiung for breaking up but resold on arrival in October to Tung; refitted at Hong Kong (350 first class passengers; completed mid-1969).
Sold April 1976 for demolition at Kaohsiung