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HILDA WOERMANN / WAHEHE / MARELLA

GERMAN PASSENGER LINER FROM THE WOERMANN LINE

 IN 1919 SHE WAS MANAGED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION ON BEHALF OF THE SHIPPING COMPANY AFTER GERMANY SURRENDERED TO GREAT BRITAIN BRINGING THE  FIRST WORLD WAR TO AN END. WAHEHE  WAS 7372 TONS, AND HAD BEEN DESIGNED FOR THE EAST AFRICA TRADE, BUILT IN 1914.

SHE WAS RE-NAMED " WAHEHE " IN 1917 .

 SHE WAS USED TO FERRY AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND TROOPS HOME AFTER THE END OF THE WAR. IN 1920 SHE WAS SOLD TO BURNS, PHILLIPS & CO AND RE-NAMED " MARELLA "

 

 

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