GMV Aramoana

	GMV Aramoana in Wellington Harbour, 1965
History
Name	Aramoana
Namesake	Māori: Sea Pathway
Route	Wellington - Picton
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Cost	$NZ 4 million
Yard number	1502
Launched	24 November 1961
Completed	1961
In service	13 August 1962
Identification	IMO number: 5021671
Fate	Laid up 1983, sold 1984; Scrapped at Alang in 1994;
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,160 GRT
Length	112.2 m (368 ft)
Beam	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draught	4.73 m (15.5 ft)
Installed power	6 × English Electric 16CSVM diesel engine
Propulsion	4 x electric drive motors, 2 per shaft
Speed	19 knots (22 mph)
Capacity	788 passengers; 30 rail wagons; 70 motor cars;
Crew	90

GMV Aramoana (a Māori-language word meaning sea pathway) was a roll-on/roll-off train ferry operating across Cook Strait between 1962 and 1983.

^ Stott, Bob (1981). The Cook Strait Ferry Story. Southern Press. p. 44. ISBN 0908616015.

History
GMV Aramoana in Wellington Harbour, 1965

Name	Aramoana
Namesake	Māori: Sea Pathway
Route	Wellington - Picton
Builder	William Denny & Brothers, Dumbarton
Cost	$NZ 4 million
Yard number	1502
Launched	24 November 1961
Completed	1961
In service	13 August 1962
Identification	IMO number: 5021671
Fate	Laid up 1983, sold 1984 Scrapped at Alang in 1994
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,160 GRT
Length	112.2 m (368 ft)
Beam	18.6 m (61 ft)
Draught	4.73 m (15.5 ft)
Installed power	6 × English Electric 16CSVM diesel engine
Propulsion	4 x electric drive motors, 2 per shaft^[1]
Speed	19 knots (22 mph)
Capacity	788 passengers 30 rail wagons 70 motor cars
Crew	90