Ship Details

Niagara (II)

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Photo Credit: John MacFarlane

 
 
Registry #1 135193 (Canada) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1912 Niagara (II) Name 6
Name 2 Name 7
Name 3 Name 8
Name 4 Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1912 Place Glasgow Area Scotland Country UK
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 524.7' x 66.3' x 34.5'
Builder John Brown & Co. Ltd. Measurement (metric) 159.9m x 20.2m x 8.56m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage 13415 Type 1 Passenger Vessel
Registered Tonnage 11365 Type 2
Engine 2 triple expansion oil fired engines Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion 3 Screws
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters Captain William Martin (1940)
 
Owner(s)
In 1912-1931 she was owned by the Union Steam Ship Co. of New Zealnd. In 1931-1940 she was owned by the Canadian Australasian Line (half owned by Canadian Pacific) in service from Auckland, New Zealand, to Suva and Vancouver.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 1940-06-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1940 this vessel struck a mine (laid by the German auxiliary cruiser Orion) and sank in the Hauraki Gulf, New Zealand. this vessel was carrying a secret and large consignment of gold from the Bank of England was in Niagara's strong room and went down with the ship. The gold was payment from the UK to the USA, which had not yet entered the war, for munitions supplies.
 
References
Turner, Robert D. (1981)
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