TAINUI ( 2nd ) / EMPIRE TRADER

BUILT BY WORKMAN CLARKE IN BELFAST, IN 1908  AS THE TAINUI.

 SHE WAS IN COLLISION WITH 'INCA' IN 1913.

 IN 1917 SHE WAS REQUISITIONED AS A TROOP SHIP.

SHE RESUMED HER NORMAL ROUTINE IN 1921 ON THE U.K TO NEW ZEALAND RUN VIA THE PANAMA CANAL

IN 1940 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE M.O.W.T AND RE-NAMED 'EMPIRE TRADER' AND WAS PUT UNDER  SHAW SAVILL & ALBION MANAGEMENT.

 ON THE 21ST FEBRUARY 1943 SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE GERMAN SUBMARINE U.92 IN THE NORTH ATLANTIC ( 48.25N 30.10W ) WHILE ON A VOYAGE FROM WALES TO THE UNITED STATES  AND HAD TO BE SUNK BY ONE OF THE ESCORT VESSELS IN POSITION 48.27N  29.47 W