SS Waihora (1907)

	Waihora
History
Name	Waihora (1907–1927); Tairyu Maru (1927–1944);
Owner	Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand
Builder	Swan Hunter & Wigham Richardson, Tyne
Launched	15 April 1907
Fate	Sunk after being bombed by aircraft on 19 February 1944
General characteristics
Tonnage	4,638 GRT
Length	384.1 ft (117.1 m)
Beam	51.5 ft (15.7 m)
Draught	29.2 ft (8.9 m)
Propulsion	Triple expansion engine
Speed	10.5 knots (19.4 km/h; 12.1 mph)

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.^[2] 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.

^ "Lloyd's Register 1942–43" (PDF). plimsollshipdata. Retrieved 28 September 2011.
^ "Tyne built ships". Tyne Built Ships Co. Retrieved 28 September 2011.