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GMV Aranui

Field	Value
display_title	GMV Aranui
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Aranui roll-on roll-off ferry.jpg
image_caption	Aranui in Queen Charlotte Sound in 1968 }}
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	Aranui
flag	NZL
owner	New Zealand Railways Department
route	Wellington to Picton
builder	Vickers, High Walker
original_cost	$NZ 4 million
yard_number	183
launched	26 June 1965
completed	1965
identification
fate	Scrapped at Chittagong 1994
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage	; later 4,160
length	112.2 m
beam	18.6 m
draft	4.78 m
power	6 × English Electric 16-cylinder 4-stroke turbocharged 16 CSVM diesel 10" x 21" design 900rpm, service 700rpm
propulsion	Electric drive to 2 shafts
speed	19 kn
capacity	*800 passengers
crew	90

30 railroad cars
70 cars '*GMV *Aranui''''' was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry operating across the Cook Strait between 1965 and 1984.

History

Government Motor Vessel (GMV) Aranui was built in 1965 for the New Zealand Railways Department for the service between the North and South Islands of New Zealand. She was built by Vickers in England. In February 1965, she sailed via the Panama Canal, arriving in Wellington on 28 May In 1977 she was rebuilt by Sims Engineering, Dunedin to carry 950 passengers to meet the increased traffic, following the company's main competitor, the Union Company's withdrawal from the route.

In 1983, Aranui and Aramoana were replaced by the significantly larger Arahura. Aranui was laid up in Wellington in June 1984 and sold four months later to the Najd Trading & Construction Company of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Renamed Aranui A and then Nui, she commenced service carrying Muslim pilgrims on the Red Sea.

In 1986, the ship was renamed Najd III. Five years later, following an engine failure, she was laid up at Singapore. In 1992, her owners were unable to make progress payments for a repair/refit. She arrived at a Chittagong breaker's yard on 3 November 1994.

Layout

Aranui was slightly larger than Aramoana. She had a higher bridge and funnel than her older sister ship.

A combined vehicle deck could carry 70 cars and 30 rail wagons.

Service

Aranui was built to operate a railway service between Wellington and Picton, later known as the Interislander.

Footnotes

References

"Aranui - IMO 6517067". Shipspotting.
New Zealand's Rail Ferry ''[[Australian Transport]]'' January 1965 page 35
New Zealand ''[[Network (periodical). Network]]'' April 1965 page 2
"NZ Rail Ferry Aranui". NZ National Maritime Museum.
and entered service with her sister {{ship. GMV. Aramoana on 9 June.Aranui makes last crossing ''[[Rails (magazine). Rails]]'' August 1984 page 18
Refit for Aranui at Dundein ''Network'' June 1978 page 28
Aranui back in service following $3 million all NZ refit ''Rails'' January 1979 pages 7-9
"M/S Aranui". Fakta om fartyg.
"New Zealand's Cook Strait Rail Ferries". NZ National Maritime Museum.
(1981). "The Cook Strait Ferry Story". Southern Press.
"Aranui Cook Strait ferry". New Zealand History Online.

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