Rapaki steam crane
The Rapaki steam crane was an historic boat in New Zealand.
 Rapaki in Auckland Harbour | |
| History | |
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| 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: |
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| Fate: | Towed for scrapping in December 2018 |
| 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 |
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 could be visited at the Auckland waterfront.[2]
It was one of two steam cranes still in New Zealand waters, the other being the Hikitia which can be visited on the Wellington Waterfront. In December 2018, the Rapaki was towed to Wynyard Wharf to be broken up.[3]
References
- Cameron, Stuart; Allen, Bruce; Robinson, George. "Rapaki". Clyde-built Database. Archived from the original on 23 September 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2016.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
- NZ National Maritime Museum
- Johnston, Martin (14 December 2018). "Auckland's heritage coal-powered sea crane sent to be scrapped". The New Zealand Herald. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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