HOLMBURN (1906)

Service dates: 1944-1954

Official number: 139627

Shipping lines: HOLM STEAMSHIP COMPANY

Ship type:

• Cargo Ship

General Cargo Ship.

Career

1906

Completed as Favorita Dona Catalina for Arthur Koppel, Berlin.

1907

Sold to S Ferrando, Buenos Aires without a change of name. Traded in River Plate area, burning wood.

06.04.1918

Sold to Instone Transport & Trading Co, Cardiff, and renamed Newston. Converted to coalburning and traded between Cardiff and Antwerp.

13.09.1921

Ownership transferred to S Instone & Co.

03.1923

Sold to Nordsee Linie A G, Bremen, and renamed Marie Kothe.

09.04.1923

Sailed from London for Hamburg and subsequently employed in shipping timber between Germany and Baltic States.

04.10.1924

Sold to Herman Schutte, Bremerhaven, and renamed Mars. Laid up due to falling freight rates.

09.12.1925

Sold to Harold C Sleigh, Melbourne. Converted to oil fuel and served under contract to the Australian Government.

1926

Renamed Marion Sleigh and laid up at Sydney before entering cargo service.

1932

Converted to a motorship with Fairbanks-Morse twin diesels installed.

24.05.1932

Sold to Captain Alexander F Watchlin, Auckland, and renamed Port Whangarei.

26.10.1934

Sold to C G White, Wellington, but retained Watchlin colours. Carried mail from Auckland to various Pacific Islands.

11.09.1936

Sprang a leak while on a voyage from Auckland to Wellington.

1938

Chartered to Holm & Company for their South Island/Port Waikato service.

30.10.1942

Requisitioned by the New Zealand Navy as KG28 for supply missions in the Pacific.

24.11.1944

Sold to Holm Shipping Company Ltd and renamed Holmburn. Put into service for Port Waikato and Wellington/Lyttelton routes.

1949

Became the service vessel for Norfolk, Raoul, Chatham and Campbell Islands.

12.02.1954

Sold to Captain Emile Savoie, Noumea, New Caledonia, and renamed Jacques Del Mar.

19.07.1954

Abandoned as total loss after dragging anchor and running aground near North Passage.

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