MATAKANA 

BUILT IN 1921 BY ALEXANDER STEPHENS & SONS IN LINTHOUSE,GLASGOW. SHE WAS 8048 TONS AND HAD TWO STEAM DRIVEN SCREWS.

IN 1927 SHE WENT TO THE AID OF THE MAMARI ( ALSO A SHAW SAVILL & ALBION VESSEL ) WHO HAD HIT AN ICEBERG WHILE ABOUT 200 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE FALKLANDS, AND TOOK HER INTO PUERTO BELGRANO WHERE SHE COULD BE REPAIRED.

IN 1940 THE MATAKANA RAN AGROUND IN POOR WEATHER ON THE PLANA CAYS ( BAHAMAS ) AND BECAME A TOTAL LOSS.

THE CREW WERE LANDED ON A SMALL ISLAND,WITHOUT DRINKING WATER AND WERE IN POOR CONDITION, UNTIL RESCUED BY THE AMERICAN PASSENGER VESSEL "PANAMA"