SS Akaroa (1914)
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SS Akaroa was a UK steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship. She was launched in 1914 in Ireland as Euripides for Aberdeen Line. When new, she was the largest ship in the Aberdeen Line fleet.
Akaroa in New Plymouth in 1934 | |
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Builder | Harland and Wolff |
Yard number | 439 |
Launched | 29 January 1914 |
Completed | 6 June 1914 |
Refit | 1932, 1945 |
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Fate | Scrapped 1954 |
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Displacement | 25,000 tons |
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Beam | 67.4 ft (20.5 m) |
Draught | 32 ft 11 in (10.03 m) |
Depth | 44.1 ft (13.4 m) |
Decks | 3 |
Installed power | 1,401 NHP |
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Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
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Armament | (as DEMS) |
In the First World War she was an Allied troop ship. From 1929 White Star Line managed her. In 1932 Euripides passed to Shaw, Savill & Albion Line who had her refitted and renamed her Akaroa. She survived the Second World War and was scrapped in Belgium in 1954.
Aberdeen Line named some of its ships after classical Greek people and events. Euripides was a tragedian in Classical Athens in the fifth century BC.
Shaw, Savill & Albion names some of its ships after places in New Zealand. Akaroa is a small town on South Island.