Category:Turakina (ship, 1923)
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English: Turakina was a 8565 gross ton ship, length 460.5ft x beam 62.7ft, single screw, speed 15 knots. Built by W. Hamilton & Co, Port Glasgow, she entered service for the New Zealand Shipping Co. in Sep. 1923. On 20th Aug.1940, en route from Sydney to Wellington she was attacked and sunk with two torpedoes. 35 men were lost including the captain, Captain J. Lord.
Source: Miramar Ship Index
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Media in category "Turakina (ship, 1923)"
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Possible Wreckage from the SS Turakina, Sunk by German raider in 1940 (9547598497).jpg 5,467 × 3,430; 7.86 MB
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Categories:
- Merchant ships of the United Kingdom
- Reefer ships
- Ships built in 1923
- Ships built at William Hamilton & Co., Port Glasgow
- Ships of New Zealand Shipping Company
- Ships named Turakina
- Ships registered in Plymouth
- Ships sunk in 1940
- Ships sunk by torpedo
- Ships sunk by U-boats
- Steamships of the United Kingdom
- World War II ships of the United Kingdom