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IMO number : 6407573
Name of ship : METEOR (1964–1985) → RAPUHIA → RAPHIA (since 1993)
Call Sign : DBBH
MMSI : –
Gross tonnage : 2615
DWT : 2740 → 3054
Type of ship : Research Vessel
Builder : Schichau Seebeckwerft (889)
Year of build : 1964
Flag : Germany → New Zealand (–30/11/1992) → Honduras ?
Port of registry : Hamburg → →
Status of ship : Keel Laid → Launched → Delivered → In Service/Commission (since 24/03/1964) → Broken Up (since 1993)
Registered owner : → Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Zealand
Ship
[edit]- Type: Research ship
- Design by:
- Order date:
- Built by: A G Weser, Bremerhaven
- Yard No: 889
- Keel laid:
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- Date of completion: 1964
- Length over all: m
- LPP: m
- Beam: m
- Draught: m
- GRT: 2,615
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- Main engine:
- Speed: kn
History
[edit]- 1964 Named: METEOR Flag: Germany
- 1964 to 1985 altogether 73 expeditions in all sea-searching disciplines in the Atlantic and Indik.
- 1985 Sold to New Zealand owners Flag: New Zealand
- 1987 Renamed: RAPUHIA.
- 22.12.1992 Left Sydney with the crane barge Titan in tow, bound for Singapore. Titan was unmanned.
- 25.12.1992 22.50 Towing line parted. The barge was floating bottom up. After assessing the situation over a number of days, it was decided that the barge could not be salvaged. Work to prepare the barge for sinking was carried out off Camden Head. The barge sank on 29 December 1992 at about 21.00
- 1993 Scraped in Mangalore, India
Subcategories
This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
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- Meteor (ship, 1964) (24 F)
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- Rapuhia (ship, 1964) (1 F)