Kaiapoi Ships

Motu


The Motu was built by G T Niccol in 1920 for the Northern Steam Ship Company. She worked the Bay of Plenty trade. She was sold to the Karamea Shipping Company in 1949 for the Tasman Bay–Wellington–Lyttelton service. The Motu made two trips to Kaiapoi as a relief vessel in October 1961.

The Motu was accidentally crushed by the inter-island ferry Maori on 27 February 1962 and damaged beyond economic repair. She was sold onto Skeggs Fisheries Ltd and taken to Port Chalmers where she was dismantled and the hull burnt in 1964.

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