mv MATIPO 398grt. 156' 11" x 24' 4" x 9' 7". Built 1953 by Schw, Worst & Dutmer, Meppel, Holland, as "Birgitte Basse" for A.H. Basse, Copenhagen. Bought by Anchor Shipping & Foundry Co. Ltd., in 1954 and renamed "Matipo". Spent a number of years engaged on the nightly Nelson - Wellington freight service. In fleet 1954 - 1968.
Photo: C.B. Mulholland
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