RANGATIRA ( 1ST ) /   GRAF MURAVIEFF / BRODMORE

BUILT IN WEST HARTLEPOOL BY GRAY AND CO IN 1890.SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO PAKEHA ( 1ST ) SHE WAS SOLD TO THE VESTEY BROTHERS IN 1909 AND CHARTERED TO  RUSSIA ( ALONG WITH HER SISTER SHIP 'PAKEHA' ) AND WAS RE-NAMED 'GRAF MURAVIEFF' AND WAS USED BY THEM  IN THE SIBERIAN FISHERIES INDUSTRY. SHE RETURNED TO THE  VESTEY BROTHERS IN 1911 AND PUT BACK UNDER THE BRITISH FLAG AND RE-NAMED BRODMORE. IN 1912 SHE WAS UNDER BLUE STAR LINE MANAGEMENT. SHE WAS SUNK IN 1917 BY THE AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE U.43 IN THE MEDITERRANEAN 70 MILES OF THE LIBYAN COAST.