Difference between revisions of "HMT Matatua"
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==Remarks== | ==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. | + | 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 | + | After the war she was returned to Shaw Savill & Albion. The ''Matatua'' was renamed ''SS Ilsenstein'' in 1928 when purchased by Arnold Bernstein. Sold to Metal Industries, Ltd in June 1939 for scrapping. The vessel was subsequently requisitioned by the Admiralty and was scuttled as a Blockship in Skerry Sound on 18th February 1940. Historical photographs clearly show the ''SS Ilsenstein'' in position next to the ''SS Emerald Wings'' |
==Soldiers carried== | ==Soldiers carried== |
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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. The Matatua was renamed SS Ilsenstein in 1928 when purchased by Arnold Bernstein. Sold to Metal Industries, Ltd in June 1939 for scrapping. The vessel was subsequently requisitioned by the Admiralty and was scuttled as a Blockship in Skerry Sound on 18th February 1940. Historical photographs clearly show the SS Ilsenstein in position next to the SS Emerald Wings