ZEALANDIC / MAMILIUS / MAMARI

BUILT IN 1911 BY HARLAND AND WOLFF FOR THE WHITE STAR LINE / SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE JOINT SERVICE DOWN TO NEW ZEALAND. IN 1913 SHE WAS USED AS IMMIGRANT SHIP BY THE WEST AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT ( CHARTERED )  SHE WAS REQUISITIONED IN 1917 FOR THE WAR EFFORT. SHE WAS RETURNED TO THE WHITE STAR LINE IN 1919. IN 1926 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE ABERDEEN LINE AND RE-NAMED 'MAMILIUS'. RE-NAMED 'MAMARI' FOR THE SHAW SAVILL & ALBION LINE  IN 1932 AND PUT ON THE AUSTRALIAN RUN. IN 1939 SHE WAS SOLD TO THE ADMIRALTY AND CONVERTED INTO A DUMMY VERSION OF 'HMS HERMES'. IN 1941 SHE HIT A SUBMERGED OBJECT  ( THE WRECK OF THE TANKER 'AHAMO' ) OF THE COAST OF CROMER AFTER A GERMAN AIR ATTACK AND WAS BEACHED, BEFORE SHE COULD BE REFLOATED SHE WAS HIT BY A TORPEDO FROM A GERMAN 'E' BOAT AND SANK. SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO CHATHAM DOCKYARD TO BE RECONVERTED BACK TO BEING A CARGO VESSEL.