| Name: | WAITEMATA launched as WAR RAMPART |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 04/03/1919 |
| Completed: | 23/05/1919 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 271 |
| Dimensions: | 5729grt, 3555nrt, 400.0 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 45 & 75 x 54ins), 619nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 143192 |
| History: | |
| 23/05/1919 | Union Steam Ship Co of New Zealand Ltd, London |
| 1932 | Wm Crosby & Co Pty Ltd, Melbourne |
| 1933 | Dairen Kisen KK, Dairen; renamed YUKI MARU |
| 16/06/1944 | Sank |
| Comments: | Launched as WAR RAMPART for the UK Government Shipping Controller |
| Built as a Type F1, WW1 Standard Ship | |
| 1932: Intended to be renamed WILLANDRA, but not carried out | |
| 16/06/1944: Sunk by US Submarine BREAM off Morotai Island |
Above photo as WAITEMATA is courtesy of the New Zealand Ship & Marine Society