Grab suction hopper dredger “Ngamotu” at New Plymouth, early May 1975
Owner: Taranaki Harbour Board
Flag: New Zealand
Port of registry: Wellington
Builder: Fleming & Ferguson Ltd., Paisley (Hull-789)
Gross tons: 923
Length overall: 61.3 m
Max. draft: 3,652 m
Engine: 6-cylinder triple-expansion steam, 460 I.h.p., by builder
Completed February 1959
Upgraded early 1980s, first with new dredging equipment then replacement of steam engine with diesel.
Sold circa.1990 to Port Dredging Ltd., Birkenhead, Auckland.
2007 listed as "dead”