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OONAH (1888)

Service dates: 1917-1922

Official number: 57617

Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND

Ship type:


Passenger/Cargo Ship.


Career

17.12.1887
Launched.
02.1888
Completed as Oonah for the Tasmanian Steam Navigation Company, Hobart.
01.04.1891
Taken over by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand. She was transferred to New Zealand but restored to her Hobart/Australia services following protests.
01.07.1917
Takeover of the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand by The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company agreed.
01.01.1922
Transferred to Tasmanian Steamers Pty Ltd, Melbourne, on its formation (which was run as a subsidiary of P&O).
1935
Sold to Miyachi KKK, Kobe and broken up at Osaka.


Ship technical details (PDF)