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Pateke
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Built in Hoogezand by J. Bodewes for Richardson & Co, she was powered by one 1120hp British Polar diesel engine, which produced a service speed of 11 knots.
She had eight electrically operated derricks on board, and carried 15 crew. At the time of her launching, she was the largest vessel launched into the canals of Northern Holland.
She had a bit of a history while on the coast, not all of it wonderful. For instance, her accommodation was burnt out while at Lyttelton on 10 December 1955, with three crew members suffering smoke inhalation, and 26,000 pounds worth of damage done.
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Just four months later, she suffered a minor cabin fire at Auckland. Then it took three days to refloat her after she ran aground in Whangarei Harbour on 25 February 1961, en route to Portland.
Numerous tales of collisions punctuate her local history, but the pick of them all came after she had changed hands, Singaporean interests having acquired her in 1972 from Holm Shipping, who took her over on a bare-boat charter when Richardson & Co was on its last legs as a going concern.
It was in Holm's colours that she visited Onehunga on a fortnightly service which also took in Lyttelton, New Plymouth and Raglan.
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"Pateke" was on her delivery voyage to Manila, travelling via Bluff. When she was sheltering off Dog Island in Foveaux Strait on the night of 28 May 1972, she lost her anchors! (If you've never seen a ship lose its anchor, check out this video!)
She required towing by the Southland Harbour Board tug "Hauroko" to Waipapa Point, where she was able to restart her engine and make passage to Dunedin, where new anchors and cables were fitted, before leaving these shores for the final time in late June 1972.
Her Singaporean owners employed her services for six years before selling her to a Malaysian company in 1978. Four years later, Indonesian interests acquired her, and she was broken up in Johore Bahru in 1983.
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