The SS ''Marama'' was an
ocean liner
An ocean liner is a passenger ship primarily used as a form of transportation across seas or oceans. Ocean liners may also carry cargo or mail, and may sometimes be used for other purposes (such as for pleasure cruises or as hospital ships).
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belonging to the
Union Company of New Zealand from 1907 to 1937. It was a hospital ship in WWI as ''His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2.''
History
Built by
Caird & Company
Caird & Company was a Scottish shipbuilding and engineering firm based in Greenock. The company was established in 1828 by John Caird when he received an order to re-engine Clyde paddle-tugs.
John's relative James Tennant Caird joined the company ...
at
Greenock
Greenock (; sco, Greenock; gd, Grianaig, ) is a town and administrative centre in the Inverclyde council areas of Scotland, council area in Scotland, United Kingdom and a former burgh of barony, burgh within the Counties of Scotland, historic ...
at a cost of £166,000 ($332,000), the SS Marama arrived at
Port Chalmers in November 1907. It was the largest and most powerful ship (though not the fastest) in the USS Co fleet. Initially, it sailed on the
Horseshoe run to Australia, and occasionally in trans-Pacific services. After war service, it was refitted (1920) for the trans-Pacific services to San Francisco or Vancouver. In 1925, it was converted to burn oil, and employed on the Tasman run.
The ship was sold to Shanghai shipbreakers the ''Linghua Dock & Engineering Works Ltd'' in 1937, then resold to Kobe shipbreakers ''Miyachi K.K.K.'' (who had also purchased the ''Maheno'') and was broken up at their Osaka shipyard in 1938.
Marama Hall at the
University of Otago is named after the liner, commemorating medical personnel who served aboard the two New Zealand hospital ships in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...
.
See also
:
SS Maheno
SS ''Maheno'' was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand that operated in the Tasman Sea, crossing between New Zealand and Australia, from 1905 until 1935.
It was also used as a ship by the New Zealand Naval Forces during ...
: sister ship; His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 1.
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1907 ships
Auxiliary ships of the Royal New Zealand Navy
Ships built on the River Clyde
Hospital ships in World War I
Passenger ships of New Zealand
Ships of the Union Steam Ship Company
World War I auxiliary ships of New Zealand
Hospital ships of New Zealand
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