Rapaki steam crane
Rapaki in Auckland Harbour
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| Name: | Rapaki |
| Owner: | Lyttleton Harbour Board |
| Port of registry: | Auckland |
| Builder: | Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, Scotland |
| Yard number: | 485 |
| Launched: | 19 November 1925 |
| Status: | Operational |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage: | 762 GRT |
| Length: | 160.4 ft (48.9 m) |
| Beam: | 52.3 ft (15.9 m) |
| Installed power: | steam engines |
| Propulsion: | twin screw |
| Speed: | about |
On 24 December 1925 the Lyttelton Harbour Board ordered an 80-ton self-propelled floating crane, called RAPAKI. It was named after the settlement close to Lyttelton of the same name. She was built at a cost of £42,000.
The Rapaki can be visited at the Auckland Waterfront.
It is one of two steam cranes still in New Zealand waters, the other being the Hikitia which can be visited on the Wellington waterfront.
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