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Puriri
 Sourced from NZ Marine News 1990, Volume 40, Quarter 3
via the Wellington Maritime Museum collection
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Built in Leith, she was launched on 22 July 1948, and equipped with four pairs of heavy duty derricks and a 20 ton jumbo derrick. She had a carrying capacity of 1000 tonnes.
 Her twin screws were driven by two 390 bhp Polar engines, producing a service speed of 10 knots. Her appearance was distinctive, with masts at bow and stern, derrick posts at either end of the centre island, a raised forecastle and a high bridge structure.
 Sourced from www.photoship.co.uk -
a gorgeous profile shot of one of my all-time-favourite Onehunga visitors
A super little ship which rarely gave Anchor Shipping cause for concern, she arrived in Wellington on her delivery voyage on 8 January, 1949, carrying coals from Newcastle - literally!
 Laden with 700 tons of coal for NZ Railways' use, she sailed from Hull and stopped in at Gibraltar, Port Said (Egypt), Colombo, Singapore and Townsville before reaching Port Nicholson.
 sourced from State Library Queensland
She subsequently carried general cargo, timber, coal, dolomite and bagged cement to North Island ports from Greymouth, Westport, Nelson and Tarakohe. Captain H. Norman Collins was her Master for the vast majority of her life in Anchor's colours.
 She had the distinction of loading the first consignment of bagged cement produced by the NZ Cement Company (later Milburn then Holcim) at their Cape Foulwind plant, sailing from Westport for Gisborne and Napier on 12 February 1959.
 Taken by Geordie Stevens / Tony Conroy, www.shipspotting.com
"Puriri" came under Union Shipping's management from 1972. In 1973 she sprung a leak while sailing from Onehunga to Nelson, and put into New Plymouth for repairs.
 She was sold to Maldives interests in 1974, sailing from Nelson on 31 May for Sydney, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur and Colombo on her delivery voyage under the command of Captain G. Mihalopoulos. She reached the Maldives two months later, and was sold to Singaporean interests within twelve months.
 She was broken up in Kaohsiung in December 1979.
 Sourced from Ships of NZ Facebook page
Below are two shots of her berthing at Onehunga, sourced from the USSCo NZ publication "Under Way" via the USSCo NZ Facebook page. (Not great quality, but ...)
That on the left was published in the September 1973 issue, while that on the right shows "Puriri" swinging into her usual "A" berth for the very last time, in April 1974.
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