SS Rotorua (1910)
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| History | |
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| United Kingdom | |
| Name | Rotorua |
| Namesake | Rotorua |
| Owner |
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| Operator |
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| Port of registry | Plymouth |
| Route |
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| Builder | Wm Denny & Bros, Dumbarton |
| Cost | £172,483 |
| Yard number | 915 |
| Launched | 9 July 1910 |
| Completed | 8 October 1910 |
| Identification |
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| Fate | Sunk by torpedo, 22 March 1917 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | 11,130 GRT, 7,094 NRT, 10,600 DWT |
| Length | 484.2 ft (147.6 m) |
| Beam | 62.3 ft (19.0 m) |
| Draught | 29.4 ft (9.0 m) |
| Depth | 41.1 ft (12.5 m) |
| Decks | 3 |
| Installed power | 605 NHP, 8,631 ihp |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 15 knots (28 km/h) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 144 |
| Armament | (as DEMS): 1 × 4.7-inch gun |
| Notes | sister ships: Ruahine, Remuera |
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SS Rotorua was a New Zealand Shipping Company steam ocean liner and refrigerated cargo ship that was built in Scotland in 1910 and sunk by a U-boat in 1917.
She was not the only NZ Shipping Co ship to be called Rotorua. There was also a ship that was launched in 1911 as Shropshire for the Federal Steam Navigation Company, transferred to the NZ Shipping Co fleet in 1936 and renamed Rotorua. She was sunk by a U-boat in 1940.