BuilderFlensburger Schiffsbau GesellschaftWhere BuiltFlensburgDate Built1914Tonnage5832Propulsionnot specifiedOwners & Previous Names1914-14 Deutsche Dampfschiffahrts SCHNEEFELS
1914-19 Captured Houlder Middleton POLESCAR
1919-45 USSCo
1945 Ministry of War Transport. Additional NotesA former German ship built in 1914 and taken over by Union Company after war finished. Employed mainly in North American trade but occasionally to India.Sold in 1945 and scuttled in North Atlantic loaded with 8435 tons of condemned ammunition on 30 October 1945.
New Zealand Ship and Marine Society (21st Aug 2019). WAIRUNA 1919-1945. In Website New Zealand Ship and Marine Society. Retrieved 17th Aug 2022 10:12, from https://nzshipmarine.com/nodes/view/833