Difference between revisions of "HMT Matatua"
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| + | | shipname = HMT Matatua | ||
| + | | shipowner = Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. Ltd | ||
| + | | shipbuilder = Workman Clark & Co. Ltd, Belfast | ||
| + | | shipyardnumber = 205 | ||
| + | | shiplaunched = 1904 | ||
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| + | | shipinservice = 1904 | ||
| + | | shipoutofservice = 1940 | ||
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| + | | shiptype = Passenger / cargo | ||
| + | | shiptonnage = 6,488 tons | ||
| + | | shiplength = 448 ft (136.55m) | ||
| + | | shipbeam = 56.5 ft | ||
| + | | shipdepth = 30.6 ft | ||
| + | | shippropulsion = twin screw | ||
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Revision as of 15:36, 2 November 2021
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Matatua |
| Owner | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co. Ltd |
| Builder | Workman Clark & Co. Ltd, Belfast |
| Yard number | 205 |
| Launched | 1904 |
| In service | 1904 |
| Out of service | 1940 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger / cargo |
| Tonnage | 6,488 tons |
| Length | 448 ft (136.55m) |
| Beam | 56.5 ft |
| Depth | 30.6 ft |
| Propulsion | twin screw |
| Speed | 13 knots |
Remarks
Built for the Shaw Savill & Albion Line. Known in 1918 as HMNZT 111 Matatua, she carried 497 New Zealand reinforcements to the UK, arriving on 5 Dec 1918.
After the war she was returned to Shaw Savill & Albion before being sold in 1928 to A. Bernstein and renamed Ilsenstein. Scuttled in Skerry Sound, Scarpa Flow on 18 Feb 1940.