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PUKEKO (1961)

NZ coastal service: 1961-1975

GRT: 1,020
Net: 398
Dwt: 1,280
Length overall: 229' 7"
Beam: 38' 2"
Draught: 13' 4"

Built: 1961
Builders: James Lamont & Co. Ltd., Port Glasgow

Holds: 1
Hatches: 2 (each 40' x 14')
Derricks: 2 x 5 tons, 6 x 3 tons

Engines: Oil 2SA 7Cy. 340 x 570mm. 1,360bhp by British Polar Engines
Service speed: 12 knots

History
12 June 1961: Launched at Port Glasgow for Richardsons
3 Oct 1961: Arrived Wellington on deliver voyage
2 Aug 1961: Broke down on voyage from Wellington to Auckland. Towed to Auckland by tug Otapiri.
8 Jan 1964: Minor damage to keel while being docked in the Lyttelton graving dock.
30 Sept 1969: Bareboat chartered to the Holm Shipping Company
31 May 1972: Ownership passed to Holm.
1 Dec 1972: Struck Glasgow Wharf, Wellington causing minor damage.
April 1974: Ownership transferred to Anchor Shipping, Nelson and replaced Puriri on the Nelson-Onehunga run.
28 June 1975: Laid up at Nelson.
14 Aug 1975: Sold to Crossworld Navigation & Brokerage Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd., of Singapore, renamed Sirdhana Fortune
27 Aug 1975: Sailed for Singapore via Sydney
25 July 1977: Engine room fire while lying off Jeddah. Badly damaged and towed to Piraeus for repairs.
4 May 1978: Left Piraeus after repairs.
1982: Sold to Asia Marine Services Co. W.L.L., Kuwait, renamed Almoussa.
1987: Sold to Delta Maritime Company S.A.E. Cairo, renamed Almoussa D
17 Oct 1988: Caught fire of Mokha.
20 Oct 1988: Sank NW of Zubair Islands, Red Sea.