Rapaki steam crane

Rapaki in Auckland Harbour
History
Name: Rapaki
Owner: Lyttleton Harbour Board
Port of registry: Auckland
Builder: Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland[1]
Yard number: 485[1]
Launched: 19 November 1925[1]
Identification:
Status: Operational
General characteristics
Tonnage: 762 GRT[1]
Length: 160.4 ft (48.9 m)[1]
Beam: 52.3 ft (15.9 m)[1]
Installed power: steam engines
Propulsion: twin screw[1]
Speed: about

The Rapaki steam crane is an historic boat in New Zealand.

On 24 December 1925 the Lyttelton Harbour Board ordered an 80-ton self-propelled floating crane, called Rapaki. It was named after the settlement close to Lyttelton of the same name. She was built at a cost of £42,000.

The Rapaki can be visited at the Auckland Waterfront.[2]

It is one of two steam cranes still in New Zealand waters, the other being the Hikitia which can be visited on the Wellington waterfront.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Cameron, Stuart; Allen, Bruce; Robinson, George. "Rapaki". Clyde-built Database. Retrieved 2016-01-22.
  2. ↑ NZ National Maritime Museum
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