KIA ORA / VERBANIA / EMPIRE TAMAR

BUILT IN BELFAST BY WORKMAN CLARKE IN 1907.

 SHE WAS SOLD TO AN ITALIAN COMPANY IN 1935 AND RE-NAMED 'VERBANIA'.

IN 1940 SHE WAS CAPTURED IN HAIFA BY THE BRITISH AND RE-NAMED ' EMPIRE TAMAR' AND MANAGED BY THE M.O.W.T ( MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT )

 IN 1944 SHE WAS SCUTTLED OF NORMANDY TO ACT AS A BLOCKSHIP.