ARAWA / COLON / LAKE MEGANTIC / PORT HENDERSON / PORTO SAID / PORT SAID / ANAPO

ARAWA WAS BUILT FOR SHAW SAVILL & ALBION IN 1884, BY Wm DENNY & CO. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO TAINUI / 1ST AND SHE HAD  TWO FUNNELS AND FOUR MASTS.

 SHE COULD CARRY  A FEW FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS AND ALSO STEERAGE PASSENGERS.

SHE WAS USED ON THE UK TO AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND RUN.

 SHE WAS CHARTERED TO HUDDART'S AND WAS USED ON THE UK TO VANCOUVER RUN.

 IN 1895 SHE WAS  CHARTERED TO SPAIN AND RE-NAMED 'COLON'.

SHE WAS RETURNED TO SSA AND RESUMED HER ORIGINAL NAME.

SHE WAS SOLD TO ELDER DEMPSTER & CO. BUT WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE UK GOVERNMENT AND USED AS A TRANSPORT FOR THE BOER WAR.

SHE WAS RETURNED TO ELDER  DEMPSTER'S IN 1900.

SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'LAKE MEGANTIC' AND PUT IN BEAVER LINE SERVICE.

SHE WAS LATER RETURNED TO ELDER DEMPSTERS AND RE-NAMED 'PORT HENDERSON'.

IN 1912 SHE WAS SOLD TO ITALY, BECOMING THE 'PORTO SAID' AND THEN THE 'PORT SAID' FOR ANOTHER ITALIAN LINE.

SHE WAS SUNK IN 1915 BY A GERMAN U BOAT.