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GMV ''Aramoana'' ("Sea Pathway" in the Māori language) was a roll-on roll-off train ferry operating across Cook Strait between 1962 and 1983. ==History== Government Motor Vessel〔 (GMV) ''Aramoana'' was built in 1961 for the New Zealand Railways Department to link the North and South Island rail networks. She was the last vessel built by William Denny and Brothers, Dumbarton, on the River Clyde.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MV Aramoana )〕 In 1965, she was joined by the similar, but slightly larger, . On 10 April 1968 ''Aramoana'' was the largest of the rescue vessels when , a New Zealand inter-island ferry of the Union Company, foundered on Barrett Reef at the entrance to Wellington Harbour. ''Aramoana''s two motor lifeboats were lost in the very heavy seas. In 1978 ''Aramoana'' was rebuilt at Singapore to carry 800 passengers to meet the increased traffic, following the withdrawal in 1976 of the Union Company's Wellington to Lyttelton service.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Zealand's Cook Strait Rail Ferries )〕 In 1983, both ''Aramoana'' and ''Aranui'' were replaced by the significantly larger MV ''Arahura'' and were sold to the Najd Trading & Construction Company of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia in 1984. ''Aramoana'' was renamed ''Captain Nicolas V'', and renamed ''Najd II'' the following year. ''Aramoana'' was laid up at the United Arab Emirates port of Ajman in 1993. In 1994 she left Ajman towed by a tug and was broken up on Alang beach on the western shore of the Gulf of Khambhat in Gujarat state, India. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「GMV Aramoana」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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