RMS Mataroa

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RMS Mataroa in Haifa port
History
NameSS Mataroa
OperatorAberdeen Line (1921-1932)
RouteUK to New Zealand
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number575
Launched2 March 1922
FateScrapped 29 March 1957
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship
Tonnage12,375 GRT
Length500 ft 4 in (152.50 m)
Beam63 ft 2 in (19.25 m)
Draught24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Depth of hold39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
Installed power5,200 s.h.p.
Propulsionwin screw, initially coal fired turbines, changed to oil fired in 1926
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)

RMS Mataroa (formerly named the Diogenes) was a 12,341-ton ocean liner built by Harland & Wolff in 1922. She was scrapped in 1957.

In 1945, Mataroa made two famous journeys:



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