GMV Aramoana

GMV Aramoana in Wellington Harbour, 1965
History
NameAramoana
NamesakeMāori: Sea Pathway
RouteWellington - Picton
BuilderWilliam Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Cost$NZ 4 million
Yard number1502
Launched24 November 1961
Completed1961
In service13 August 1962
IdentificationIMO number: 5021671
Fate
  • Laid up 1983, sold 1984
  • Scrapped at Alang in 1994
General characteristics
Tonnage4,160 GRT
Length112.2 m (368 ft)
Beam18.6 m (61 ft)
Draught4.73 m (15.5 ft)
Installed power6 × English Electric 16CSVM diesel engine
Propulsion4 x electric drive motors, 2 per shaft
Speed19 knots (22 mph)
Capacity
Crew90

GMV Aramoana (a Māori-language word meaning sea pathway) was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry operating across Cook Strait between 1962 and 1983.

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