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Taranui
 Taken by Chris Howell, www.shipspotting.com
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Built in Dumbarton, she was powered by one 900hp JG Kincaid oil engine, and initially served the Australian United Steam Navigation Company in the Queensland coastal trade.
Along came World War Two, and the Royal Australian Navy commissioned her in February 1940 as an auxiliary anti-submarine vessel, patrolling the east coast of the continent.
She was present during the three-day Japanese midget submarine raid on Sydney Harbour from 30 May 1942, and rescued twelve men from the steamer "Iron Chieftain", which was sunk by a Japanese submarine 27 miles east of Sydney on 3 June.
After decommissioning in 1946, she was returned to AUSNAV, who sold her two years later to Imperial Chemicals Industries of Australia and New Zealand, who renamed her "Taranui".
They retained her services for fifteen years, until selling her to the South Seas Shipping Company (Suva) in 1963. During the sixties, she made regular calls to Onehunga, each time departing for Bundaberg.
As well around this time, she also carried out oceanographic survey work off the New Zealand coast under charter to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research (DSIR).
In 1971, she was sold to Panamanian interests, and finally to Straits Chartering in 1978. She is believed to have been broken up soon after.
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