British pass/cargo liner WAIMANA, imo 1131795/ 150,6m/ 10.389gt/ Twin screw/ 13kn/ pax 121 1st, 450 3rd; 12/1911 completed by Workman Clark & Co., Belfast, for Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Ltd, Southampton, for its Australia and New Zealand pass/cargo service; 1914 requisitioned by Admiralty to be used as troop ship; 1927 WAIMANA, transferred to Aberdeen Line, Aberdeen and renamed HERMINIUS; 1932 WAIMANA, Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Ltd, Southampton; 1936 WAIMANA, Norfolk & North America Steam Shipping Co., Ltd, Southampton; 1939 requisitioned by British Admiralty, who converted her into a dummy battleship in replicating HMS RESOLUTION; 1941 EMPIRE WAIMANA, MoWT, London, mgrs. Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Ltd, Southampton; 1946 WAIMANA, Shaw Savill & Albion Co., Ltd, Southampton; 27/01/1956 arrived Milford Haven for breaking up by T. W. Ward.
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