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SS Aorangi (1883), the Glossary

Index SS Aorangi (1883)

SS Aorangi was a passenger and refrigerated cargo ship built by John Elder & Co. of Govan, Glasgow for the New Zealand Shipping Company and launched in 1883.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 23 relations: Admiralty (United Kingdom), Aoraki / Mount Cook, Australia, Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force, Blockship, Cargo ship, England, Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Govan, Honolulu, Huddart Parker, Māori language, New Zealand, New Zealand Shipping Company, Portuguese immigration to Hawaii, QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun, Royal Australian Navy, San Francisco, Scapa Flow, Sugar plantations in Hawaii, Sugarcane, Union Company, Vancouver.

  2. Cargo ships of the Royal Australian Navy
  3. Passenger ships of New Zealand
  4. Portuguese immigration to Hawaii
  5. Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company
  6. Steamships of New Zealand

Admiralty (United Kingdom)

The Admiralty was a department of the Government of the United Kingdom responsible for the command of the Royal Navy until 1964, historically under its titular head, the Lord High Admiral – one of the Great Officers of State.

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Aoraki / Mount Cook

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand.

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Australia

Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands.

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Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force

The Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force (AN&MEF) was a small volunteer force of approximately 2,000 men, raised in Australia shortly after the outbreak of World War I to seize and destroy German wireless stations in German New Guinea in the south-west Pacific.

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Blockship

A blockship is a ship deliberately sunk to prevent a river, channel, or canal from being used as a waterway.

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Cargo ship

A cargo ship or freighter is a merchant ship that carries cargo, goods, and materials from one port to another.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company

The Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Limited, was a Scottish shipbuilding company in the Govan area on the Clyde in Glasgow.

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Govan

Govan (Cumbric: Gwovan; Scots: Gouan; Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn) is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of southwest Glasgow, Scotland.

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Honolulu

Honolulu is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii, which is in the Pacific Ocean.

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Huddart Parker

Huddart Parker Ltd was an Australian shipping company trading in various forms between 1876 and 1961.

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Māori language

Māori, or te reo Māori ('the Māori language'), commonly shortened to te reo, is an Eastern Polynesian language and the language of the Māori people, the indigenous population of mainland New Zealand.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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New Zealand Shipping Company

The New Zealand Shipping Company (NZSC) was a shipping company whose ships ran passenger and cargo services between Great Britain and New Zealand between 1873 and 1973.

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Portuguese immigration to Hawaii

Portuguese immigration to Hawaii began in 1878 when laborers from Madeira and the Azores migrated there to work in the sugarcane plantations.

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QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval gun

The QF 12-pounder 12-cwt gun (Quick-Firing) (abbreviated as Q.F. 12-pdr.) was a common, versatile calibre naval gun introduced in 1894 and used until the middle of the 20th century.

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Royal Australian Navy

The Royal Australian Navy (RAN) is the naval force of the Australian Defence Force (ADF).

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San Francisco

San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, financial, and cultural center in Northern California.

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Scapa Flow

Scapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray,S.

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Sugar plantations in Hawaii

Sugarcane was introduced to Hawaiʻi by its first inhabitants in approximately 600 AD and was observed by Captain Cook upon arrival in the islands in 1778.

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Sugarcane

Sugarcane or sugar cane is a species of tall, perennial grass (in the genus Saccharum, tribe Andropogoneae) that is used for sugar production.

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Union Company

Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand Limited was once the biggest shipping line in the southern hemisphere and New Zealand's largest private-sector employer.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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See also

Cargo ships of the Royal Australian Navy

Passenger ships of New Zealand

Portuguese immigration to Hawaii

Ships of the New Zealand Shipping Company

Steamships of New Zealand

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Aorangi_(1883)

Also known as SS Aorangi (1893).