| Name: | MATUA |
| Type: | Passenger Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 25/03/1936 |
| Completed: | 06/1936 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 600 |
| Dimensions: | 4166grt, 2107nrt, 355.2 x 50.5 x 21.7ft |
| Engines: | 2 x Oil engines, 2SCSA, Sulzer type, 6cyl (600 x 1130mm), 1160nhp |
| Engines by: | Armstrong Whitworth & Co (Engineers) Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 16.5knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 157790 |
| History: | |
| 22/08/1936 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, Aukland |
| 1968 | Litonjua Shipping Co, Manila ; renamed SULTAN KL |
| 1970 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Accommodation provided for 39 x 1st Class passengers |
| Used on the New Zealand to the Pacific Islands trade | |
| 1939: Accommodation modified to 112 x passengers in a single class | |
| 1969: Constructive Total Loss after coming ashore in a hurricane at Manila | |
| 2Q/1970: Broken up at Kaohsiung, Taiwan |
Photo copyright of Alexander Turnbull Library
Photo courtesy of George Robinson
Photo copyright of Chris Howell
Photo as SULTAN KL copyright of Chris Howell