Name: | WAIHORA |
Type: | Cargo Ship |
Launched: | 15/04/1907 |
Completed: | 05/1907 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 776 |
Dimensions: | 4638grt, 2993nrt, 385.0 x 52.1 x 26.9ft |
Engines: | T3cyl (26, 42.5 & 70 x 48ins), 339nhp |
Engines by: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 10.5knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Reg Number: | 123842 |
History: | |
05/1907 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Dunedin |
1927 | Naigai Kisen KK, Amagasaki; renamed TAIRYU MARU |
1936 | Kuribayashi Shosen KK, Tokyo |
19/02/1944 | Sank |
Comments: | 19/02/1944: Sank during a USAAF air strike in position |
25.25N - 121.30E, off the northern tip of Taiwan |
Above photo of the launch party is copyright of Aukland Libraries
Above photo as WAIHORA is copyright of the State Library of Victoria