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Avon
Sourced from Sir George Grey Special Collections, Auckland Libraries, 1370-482-09
Built
1945
Official No.
142919
Gross
241
Net
179
Dimensions
32.71m x 7.19m
Registered
Dunedin
First Arrival
4 October 1947
Last Sailing
8 October 1947
Names
YF1047
Avon
Monique
Years
1945-46
1946-50
1950-53

Built of wood in Dunedin by Stevenson & Cook Engineering, she was intended for use by the US Navy as a powered lighter in the Pacific during World War Two.

The war ended before her completion, so the NZ Government's Marine Department were the beneficiaries of a handover from the War Assets Realisation Board, and promptly chartered her out to Holm Shipping.

She served Holm for three years, during which time she made a solitary call at Onehunga. In 1950 she was sold to New Caledonian interests, but was lost with all hands in August 1953 on a trip from Mare to Noumea, having been reported as being dangerously overloaded and listing to port before departure.



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