HMT Matatua
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| History | |
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| Name | HMT Matatua |
| Owner | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co Ltd, Southampton. |
| Builder | Workman Clark & Co. Ltd, Belfast |
| Yard number | 205 |
| Launched | 15 Jan 1904 |
| Completed | February 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 (17.20m) |
| Depth | 30.6 ft (9.30m) |
| 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.