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The 'Aorangi'
Builder : Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.,
Glasgow
Owners : Union Steamship Co of NZ (1925-1931) / Canadian-Australian
Line (1931-1953)
Launched : 17th June 1924
Gross Tonnage : 17491
Requisitioned as troop ship : July 1941
Returned to owners & re-fitted : 1946
Resumed service on Australia-New Zealand-Canada route
Taken out of service & broken up : 1953
The 'Aorangi' arrived in Singapore from Durban on 13th January 1942,
as part of Convoy DMI (Ex WS 12ZM ), carrying troops from - 53rd Infantry
Brigade, 232 Squadron RAF, 6th Heavy & 35th Light Artillery Regiments
RA, and 85th Anti-Tank Regiment RA.. She was then used to evacuate civilians
from Singapore and left there on 16th January 1942 and arrived in Fremantle,
Western Australia on 24th January 1942.