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SS Waihora (1907)

Field	Value
section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	StateLibQld 1 169675 Waihora (ship).jpg
image_caption	Waihora
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
name	*Waihora (1907–1927)
builder	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Tyne
launched	15 April 1907
owner	Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
fate	Sunk after being bombed by aircraft on 19 February 1944
section3	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
tonnage
length	384.1 ft
beam	51.5 ft
draught	29.2 ft
propulsion	Triple expansion engine
speed	10.5 kn

Tairyu Maru (1927–1944)

'*SS Waihora''' was a 4,638-ton cargo steamship built by Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Tyne in 1907 for the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. During the First World War she was chartered by the Royal Australian Navy and took part in operations against the German colonies in the Pacific with the Australian Naval and Military Expeditionary Force and later used by New Zealand as a troop transport as His Majesty’s New Zealand Transport. She was sold in 1927 to Naigai Kisen and renamed *Tairyu Maru''.

Fate

Tairyu Maru was bombed by United States aircraft on 19 February 1944 during the Second World War and was sunk.

Notes

category:Ships built by Swan Hunter

References

"Lloyd's Register 1942–43". plimsollshipdata.
"Tyne built ships". Tyne Built Ships Co.

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