MATUA

New Zealand

Matua 1936-1970. (Pass-cargo ref.) USSCo. 1936-1968.

ON: 157790
LR/IMO/ID: 5229601
Year: 1936
Name: MATUA
Type: Passenger/cargo (ref)
Flag: NZL
Launched: 25.3.36
Completed: 6.36
Owner: Union S.S.Co. NZ Ltd., Auckland.
Builder: R and W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co., Hebburn on Tyne.
Yard No: 600
Link: 1491
Starke: V1936 #341
GRT: 4,193
LPP: 108.3
Beam: 15.4
2D-16 knots.


1968 sold to E.K. Litojua, Manila. r/n SULTAN KL

1969 driven ashore at Manila by hurricane. Salved but CTL.

BU Kaohsiung 2q. 1970

Details: With thanks to the Mirimar ship index

Photo Credits: With thanks to The Alexander Turnbull Library NZ