SIR RAYLTON DIXON & COMPANY, MIDDLESBROUGH

Name HURUNUI (laid down as NORFOLK)
Type Refrigerated Cargo
Yard Number 596A
Launched 20/041920
Completed 10/1920
Off. Number 145100
Engine builder Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Hartlepool
Engine type 2 steam turbines, single shaft
GRT 9266
Length (feet) 470
Beam (feet) 62.5
First owner Federal S.N. Co. Ltd., London
History 1922 New Zealand Shipping Co. Ltd., Plymouth
   
Fate 15/10/1940 torpedoed by U.93 in 58.58N 09.54W on passage London for Auckland in ballast.

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