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| Keywords: outdoor "View showing R.M.S. Aorangi in the Narrows, Stanley Park and the Lions, Vancouver, B. C. Copyright" Post Card. Published by The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B. C. RMS Aorangi (II) (1924-1953). Built: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Glasgow. Launched: 1924. Delivered: December 1924. Maiden Voyage: January 2, 1925. Tonnage: 17,491 GRT tons. Length: 600 ft (183 m) Beam: 72.2 ft (22 m) Draught: 29.9 ft (9 m) Propulsion: Four Fairfield-Sulzer 6ST70 two-stroke single acting 6-cylinder diesel engines 3000/3600 hp at 130 rpm. Auxiliary engines: Four x 4SS34 and one x 2RV24 totalling 1,660 hp. Screws: Four. Speed: 17.5 knots. Passengers: 1925 - 436 First-Class, 284 Second-Class and 227 Third-Class; 1938 - 248 First-Class, 266 Cabin-Class and 125 Third-Class; 1946 - 212 First-Class, 170 Cabin-Class and 104 Third-Class. Crew: 328. Broken up: August 1953 Arnott Young & Co. on the Clyde Dalmuir, Scotland. Distances between ports: Southampton – Vancouver via Panama Canal: 8,746 mi. (14,075 km) Vancouver - Honolulu: 2,383 mi. (3,835.1 km) Honolulu - Suva: 2,761 mi. (4,443.4 km) Suva - Auckland: 1,251 mi. (2,013.3 km) Auckland - Sydney: 1,281 mi. (2,061.6 km) www.ssmaritime.com/Aorangi-II.htm "View showing R.M.S. Aorangi in the Narrows, Stanley Park and the Lions, Vancouver, B. C. Copyright" Post Card. Published by The Coast Publishing Co., Vancouver, B. C. RMS Aorangi (II) (1924-1953). Built: Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Company, Glasgow. Launched: 1924. Delivered: December 1924. Maiden Voyage: January 2, 1925. Tonnage: 17,491 GRT tons. Length: 600 ft (183 m) Beam: 72.2 ft (22 m) Draught: 29.9 ft (9 m) Propulsion: Four Fairfield-Sulzer 6ST70 two-stroke single acting 6-cylinder diesel engines 3000/3600 hp at 130 rpm. Auxiliary engines: Four x 4SS34 and one x 2RV24 totalling 1,660 hp. Screws: Four. Speed: 17.5 knots. Passengers: 1925 - 436 First-Class, 284 Second-Class and 227 Third-Class; 1938 - 248 First-Class, 266 Cabin-Class and 125 Third-Class; 1946 - 212 First-Class, 170 Cabin-Class and 104 Third-Class. Crew: 328. Broken up: August 1953 Arnott Young & Co. on the Clyde Dalmuir, Scotland. Distances between ports: Southampton – Vancouver via Panama Canal: 8,746 mi. (14,075 km) Vancouver - Honolulu: 2,383 mi. (3,835.1 km) Honolulu - Suva: 2,761 mi. (4,443.4 km) Suva - Auckland: 1,251 mi. (2,013.3 km) Auckland - Sydney: 1,281 mi. (2,061.6 km) www.ssmaritime.com/Aorangi-II.htm | ||||
