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OMANA (1915)

Service dates: 1930-1951

Official number: 136413

Shipping lines: UNION STEAM SHIP COMPANY OF NEW ZEALAND

Ship type:


General Cargo Liner.


Career

04.12.1914
Launched.
01.1915
Completed as Omana for Omana Steamship Co Ltd, Sydney (R S Lamb & Co Ltd, managers)
19.07.1917/21.07.1917
Chartered for one voyage by BHP.
1930
Taken over by the Union Steam Ship Company of New Zealand when they acquired R S Lamb & Co (became a subsidiary of P&O).
1951
Sold to E J Chandris, Piraeus, and renamed Youla Chandris.
1953
Sold to E A Karavias renamed Tassos.
07.1959
Scrapped at Perama.


Ship technical details (PDF)