TAIROA

BUILT BY ARMSTRONG WHITWORTH IN 1920 IN NEWCASTLE SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO ' MAIMOA '.

SHE WAS SUNK IN 1939 BY THE ' ADMIRAL GRAF SPEE ' WHILST IN TNE ATLANTIC.

 HER SISTER SHIP ' MAIMOA ' WAS TO BE SUNK THE FOLLOWING YEAR BY THE GERMAN MERCHANT RAIDER 'PINGUIN' IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.