WAIMANA / HERMINIUS / H.M.S RESOLUTION / EMPIRE WAIMANA
BUILT FOR SHAW SAVILL & ALBION AS THE 'WAIMANA', SHE WAS CHARTERED TO THE ABERDEEN LINE AND RE-NAMED 'HERMINIUS'
IN 1932 SHE CAME BACK TO SHAW SAVILL & ALBION AND REVERTED TO HER ORIGINAL NAME.
IN 1939 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE NAVY AND RE-NAMED 'H.M.S RESOLUTION'.
IN 1941 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE M.O.W.T ( MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT ) AND RE-NAMED 'EMPIRE WAIMANA'.
SHE WAS MANAGED FOR THE M.O.W.T BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION.
IN 1946 SSA BOUGHT HER BACK FROM THE ADMIRALTY AND AGAIN SHE REVERTED BACK TO HER ORIGINAL NAME OF 'WAIMANA'.
SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1952 AT MILFORD HAVEN.ONE OF HER CAPTAINS WAS CAPTAIN FREDERICK JAMES OGILVIE, WHO HAD JOINED SSA IN 1923 AND WENT ONTO COMMAND THE HOBSON BAY,WAIMANA AND FINALLY THE ZEALANDIC.
CAPTAIN FREDERICK JAMES OGILVIE, PICTURED WITH HIS OFFICERS WHILST SERVING ON THE FORDSDALE. CAPTAIN OGILVIE HAD JOINED SSA IN 1923, HIS FIRST SSA VESSEL HAD BEEN THE HOBSONS BAY.HE ALSO COMMANDED THE WAIMANA AND FINALLY THE ILL FATED ZEALANDIC
