SALAMIS / KAMERIMA

BUILT IN 1899 BY RUSSEL & CO AT ABERDEEN. SHE WAS A CLOSE SISTER SHIP TO THE MORAVIAN.

IN 1900 SHE WAS INVOLVED IN THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE NEW SOUTH WALES NAVAL BRIGADE TO SHANGHAI TO HELP QUELL THE SERIOUS SITUATION THAT HAD ENDANGERED EUROPEANS IN THAT CITY AND OTHER PARTS OF CHINA AFTER THE BOXERS HAD REBELLED, THE NSW BRIGADE JOINED UP WITH THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE WHO WERE EVENTUALLY SUCCESSFUL IN ENTERING THE CITY IN AUGUST 1900.

IN 1911 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE BANK LINE ( ANDREW WEIR )

 IN 1919 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE CANADIAN STEAMSHIP CO AND RE-NAMED 'KAMERIMA'.

 THE FOLLOWING YEAR SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE NEWLY FORMED COMPAGNIE CANADIENNE TRANSATLANTIQUE ( FRENCH LINE & CANADA SS CO ) AFTER A FEW TRIPS SHE RETURNED TO THE CANADA STEAMSHIP CO UNTIL 1924 WHEN SHE WAS SCRAPPED AT TRIESTE.