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MATATUA / RHODESIAN / ELLASTON

 MATATUA WAS BUILT BY R STEPHENSON AT HEBBURN IN 1890 AND WAS A VESSEL OF 3,393 TONS AND OWNED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION HER ENGINES HAD BEEN FITTED BY RICHARDSON & SONS OF SUNDERLAND SHE WAS LAID DOWN FOR WILLIAM ROSS BUT WAS SOLD WHILST STILL ON THE STOCKS

  IN 1903/1904 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE AUSTRAL-RHODESIAN SS CO OF SOUTHAMPTON AND WAS RE-NAMED 'RHODESIAN'

IN 1906 PURCHASED FROM AUSTRALIAN RHODESIAN SS CO ( BY B J SUTHERLAND & CO LTD OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE  ( SOUTHAMPTON ? )  RETAINING THE SAME NAME

IN 1909 SHE WAS SOLD TO MUNRO SHIPPING CO LTD OF NEW CASTLE ( WHICH REALLY WAS B J SUNDERLAND & CO )

IN 1912 SHE WAS UNDER THE CONTROL OF SUTHERLAND STEAMSHIP CO LTD ( A M SUTHERLAND )

IN 1915 SHE WAS SOLD TO CARAMANIAN IRON CORP LTD  ( WALFORD & CO OF LONDON )

IN 1916 SHE WAS SOLD TO H LIGTON ? AND AGAIN NOT RENAMED

IN 1917 SHE WAS SOLD TO W S MILLER & CO AND RENAMED 'ELLASTON' ( THIS COMPANY HAD OVER THE YEARS SEVERAL VESSELS CALLED 'ELLASTON ' )

16TH MARCH 1918 CAPTURED AND SANK BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-34

ON 16TH MARCH 1918 SHE WAS  CAPTURED AND  THEN SANK WITH BOMBS / SCUTTLED 180 MILES WEST BY SOUTH WEST FROM PALMA ( CANARY ISLES ) IN POSN 28.29 NORTH 21.00 WEST BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U-152 COMMANDED BY  CONSTANTIN KOLBE ( THERE IS A  REPORT THAT IT WAS THE U-34 THAT SANK HER WHICH I BELIEVE TO BE INCORRECT )

SHE HAD BEEN ON A VOYAGE FROM BARRY TO SIERRA LEONE WITH A CARGO OF COAL.SHIPS MASTER WAS TAKEN PRISONER

NOTE SHAW SAVILL HAD ANOTHER VESSEL CALLED MATATUA BUILT IN 1904 BY WORKMAN CLARK - SEE BELOW

MATATUA / ILSENSTEIN

BUILT IN BELFAST BY WORKMAN CLARK IN 1904.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO MAMARI ( 2nd )

 IN 1928 SHE WAS SOLD TO A.BERNSTEIN ( GERMANY ) AND RE-NAMED ' ILSENSTEIN '.

IN 1940 SHE WAS SUNK AT SCAPPA FLOW AS A BLOCKSHIP.

SHE WAS FINALLY CUT UP FOR SCRAP IN 1950.