Hikitia
 Hikitia at the Taranaki Street wharf | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 New Zealand | |
| Name | Hikitia |
| Owner | Maritime Heritage Trust of Wellington |
| Port of registry | Wellington |
| Builder | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland[1] |
| Yard number | 486[1] |
| Launched | 15 April 1926[1] |
| Maiden voyage | 29 September 1926[2] |
| Identification | IMO number: 5150393 |
| Status | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 746 GRT[1] |
| Displacement | 926 tonnes |
| Length | 160.1 ft (48.8 m)[1] |
| Beam | 52.3 ft (15.9 m)[1] |
| Draught | 7 ft (2.1 m)[2] |
| Installed power | steam engines originally fed by coal-fired Scotch boilers, later replaced in 1963 by oil-fired boilers and then by small modern package boilers. |
| Propulsion | twin screw[1] |
| Speed | about 9 kn (16.7 km/h)[2] |
Hikitia is a New Zealand ship launched in 1926. It was made in by Fleming & Ferguson in Paisley, Scotland. [3]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cameron, Stuart; Allen, Bruce; Robinson, George. "Hikitia". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 2007-06-27. Retrieved 2011-05-23.
- 1 2 3 ""Hikitia" --- to Lift - Wellington's Floating Crane - successful voyage completed". Evening Post. 21 December 1926 – via Papers Past.
- ↑ "History of Hikitia". Hikitia. 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on Feb 8, 2021. Retrieved 24 Feb 2021.