Kaipara (1903)

Builder:
John Brown & Company
Clydebank, Scotland
Ordered:
N/A
Keel Laid:
N/A
Year Built:
1903
Launched:
September 9, 1903
Type:
Passenger/Cargo
(refrigerated)
Completed:
November 11, 1903
Fate:
Sunk Aug. 16, 1914 by SMS Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse (captured and sunk by gunfire).

Location: North Atlantic, 236 miles SSE of Tenerife, Canary Islands.
(25.10N - 17.18W)

No casualties, crew removed and taken POW, released Aug. 26, 1914.


Owner
New Zealand Shipping Company
London, England


Dimensions, machinery and performance
Length:
460' 3" (140.3m) (PP)
Engines:
2 Triple expansion
Beam:
58' (17.7m)
Boilers:
N/A
Draft:
N/A
Shafts:
2
Gross Tons:
7,392
HP:
N/A
DWT:
N/A
Speed:
13 knots
Crew:
N/A
Funnels:
1
Passengers:
222
Masts:
4


Builder's Data
Page published Feb. 25, 2011