ESPERANCE BAY / ARAWA ( 3RD )

BUILT IN 1922 AS THE 'ESPERANCE BAY' FOR THE ABERDEEN  AND COMMONWEALTH LINE, IN GLASGOW BY BEARDMORE AND CO.SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO MORETON BAY,LARGS BAY,JERVIS BAY AND HOBSONS BAY.

 IN 1928 WHITE STAR LINE PURCHASED HER FROM THE AUSTRALIAN COMMONWEALTH LINE.

 BY 1933 SHE WAS PARTLY OWNED BY SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION AND  IN 1936 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION WHO RE-NAMED HER 'ARAWA'.

SHE WAS USED AS AN ARMED MERCHANT CRUISER IN 1939 AND CONVERTED TO USE AS A TROOP SHIP IN 1941.

SHE WAS PUT BACK ONTO THE U.K TO NEW ZEALAND RUN VIA THE PANAMA CANAL IN 1946.

 SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1955 IN SOUTH WALES.

ESPERANCE BAY IN WAR TIME LIVERY, WITH AN IMAGE OF A DESTROYER PAINTED ON EITHER SIDE OF HER HULL, FROM A DISTANCE IT WOULD LOOK LIKE A REAL ACCOMPANYING DESTROYER, MAYBE ENOUGH TO MAKE A SUBMARINE THINK TWICE BEFORE LAUNCHING AN ATTACK.