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After hostilities ceased, she continued in NZSC service on the same route; her last voyage with the company was in 1950, departing
Wellington for London in January, 1950. She was returned to parent P&O for sale.
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She left London on her maiden voyage to Sydney on 11 May 1923 on what was at first a 4-weekly mail service, that service being increased to fortnightly from 1925. She was converted to oil fuel in 1928.
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The SS Mongolia was renamed the
Rimutaka by at least 15/10/1922, this from the ships cook ID. In 1938, the P&O transferred the ship under long-term charter to their subsidiary, the
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She suffered a fire in her No. 3 hold on 9 March 1939. In
September of that year, she was requisitioned for conversion to an
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continued in this service until the end of
September, 1951.
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She was captained by Harry Ramsey Rhodes for 9 years.
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to collect
British immigrants. The destinations were
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23:"SS Nassau" redirects here. Not to be confused with
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164:11 May 1923
137:Yard number
18:SS Mongolia
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832:and later
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