KARAMEA ( 2nd )

BUILT IN GLASGOW IN 1928 BY FAIRFIELD SHIPPING.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO ZEALANDIC/2nd, COPTIC/2nd, AND TARANAKI.

 SHE WAS ATTACKED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING THE WAR BY SUBMARINE AND ON A DIFFERENT OCCASION BY BOMBERS ( HIT BY ONE BOMB WHICH FAILED TO DETONATE ) BUT ESCAPED WITHOUT SERIOUS DAMAGE.

SHE WAS THE FIRST SHAW SAVILL & ALBION VESSEL TO BE ATTACKED IN THE WAR.

SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1960.