PAKEHA / H.M.S REVENGE / EMPIRE PAKEHA

PAKEHA WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO THE RANGITIRA ( SECOND ) AND WAS  BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST IN  1910

SHE HAD BEEN DESIGNED ALONG WITH HER SISTER SHIP BY CAPTAIN R J NOAL ( SHAW SAVILL & ALBION'S MARINE SUPER ) TO CARRY IMMIGRANTS TO AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND VIA THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE AND RETURN WITH FROZEN MEAT.

SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 10,481 TONS.THE EXTRA LARGE FUNNEL WAS TO AID A DRAUGHT FOR HER BOILERS, AND TO KEEP THE SMOKE OF THE DECKS.SHE WAS A TWIN SCREW VESSEL, CAPABLE OF DOING 14 KNOT.

IN 1911 SHE WAS ENGAGED ON THE LIVERPOOL / FREMANTLE / WELLINGTON SERVICE.SHE WAS STILL ON THIS RUN IN 1913.

SHE HAS ACCOMMODATION FOR SIX FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS AND A THOUSAND STEERAGE PASSENGERS.

IN SEPTEMBER 1916 UNDER THE COMMAND OF CAPTAIN R LEWIS SHE TOOK THE 17TH ( REGIMENT ? ) REINFORCEMENTS TO THE GALLIPOLI CAMPAIGN AND IN APRIL SHE TOOK THE 24TH REINFORCEMENTS OUT. 

 IN 1939 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ADMIRALTY AND RE-NAMED H.M.S REVENGE HAVING HER STERN ALTERED TO RESEMBLE THAT OF A CRUISER OF THE 'ROYAL SOVEREIGN ' CLASS   ( WHICH SHE WAS TO RETAIN FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE )

SHE WAS LATER TRANSFERRED TO THE M.O.W.T ( MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT ) AND USED AS A REFRIGERATED CARGO VESSEL WITH THE NEW NAME OF 'EMPIRE PAKEHA' AND  WAS MANAGED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ONCE AGAIN.

 IN 1946 SHAW SAVILL & ALBION BOUGHT HER BACK FROM THE M.O.W.T AND SHE REVERTED BACK TO HER ORIGINAL NAME OF PAKEHA.

PAKEHA IS ACTUALLY THE MAORI WORD FOR ' WHITE MAN '.

SHE WAS SOLD TO THOMAS W WARD OF BRITON FERRY IN 1950 AND SCRAPPED.