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The Rimutaka

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The <em>Rimutaka</em>

In 1900 the Rimutaka-class ships started to replace the New Zealand Shipping Company’s costlier passenger steamers. As her straight lines suggest, the 7,765-ton Rimutaka was an economical passenger–cargo carrier.

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Museum of Wellington City and Sea

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Gavin McLean, Shipping – The ‘Home boats’, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/5897/the-rimutaka (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Gavin McLean, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009, updated 1 January 2016.