SS Marama
SS Marama serving as a hospital ship, 1915 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | |
| Name | SS Marama |
| Owner | Union Company, Dunedin |
| Port of registry | Wellington |
| Route | New Zealand — Australia & Trans-Pacific |
| Builder | Caird & Company, Greenock |
| Cost | £166,000 |
| Yard number | 313 |
| Launched | 1907 |
| In service | November 1907 |
| Out of service | 1937 |
| Identification | Official number: 117,597 |
| Fate | Broken up, |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Ocean liner |
| Tonnage | |
| Length | 420 ft (130 m) |
| Beam | 53.2 ft (16.2 m) |
| Depth | 31.2 ft (9.5 m) |
| Speed | 17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph) |
| Capacity |
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| Crew | 140 |
SS Marama was an ocean liner belonging to the Union Company of New Zealand from 1907 to 1937. She was a hospital ship in World War I as His Majesty's New Zealand Hospital Ship No. 2.