Northern Steam Ship Company
PAROTO 1914 - 1948
Built:
1914
Builder:
G.T. Niccol, Auckland
Official Number:
136852
Tonnage:
109 gross
Type:
Auxiliary Ketch
Entered Fleet:
1914
Left Fleet:
1948
Career:
1914 built for Northern Steam Ship Company.
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1948 sold to Richardson & Company, Napier.
1949 sold to Collingwood Shipping Company of Nelson.
1950 Collingwood Shipping Company bought by Inter-Island Shipping Company. PAROTO altered to become a pure motorship. 124 gross tons.
1961 rebuilt and re-engined.
1966 ran aground at Point Gibson on Canterbury Coast on passage from Wellington to Kaiapoi. Ship sold for scrap.
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