DRAYTON GRANGE / TYRONE

BUILT IN 1901 AT BELFAST BY WORKMAN CLARKE & CO.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE OSWESTRY GRANGE. SHE WAS SOLD TO THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO IN 1912 AND RE-NAMED 'TYRONE'. SHE WAS DUE TO BE TRANSFERRED TO THE UNION STEAM SHIP CO OF NEW ZEALAND ( WITH THE NEW ZEALAND SHIPPING CO ACTING AS MANAGERS ) ALONG WITH EVERTON GRANGE AND TWO OTHER VESSELS, BUT BEFORE SHE COULD BE HANDED OVER SHE WAS WRECKED OF WAHINE POINT.