| Name: | WAIKAWA |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 27/08/1919 |
| Completed: | 10/1919 |
| Builder: | Northumberland Shipbuilding Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Howdon |
| Yard Number: | 275 |
| Dimensions: | 5677grt, 3525nrt, 399.5 x 53.0 x 32.8ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (27, 44 & 73 x 48ins), 517nhp |
| Engines by: | North-Eastern Marine Engineering Co Ltd, Wallsend |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 11.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 143463 |
| History: | |
| 22/10/1919 | Union Steamship Co of New Zealand Ltd, London |
| 1935 | Tower Steamship Co Ltd, London; renamed TOWER ENSIGN |
| 1937 | Hunter Shipping Co Ltd, London; renamed HUNTRESS |
| 1938 | Alfred G Hunter, Kingston, Jamaica |
| 1939 | MV Vassiliades, Panama; renamed RONIN |
| 1941 | Iran Steamship Co (Wallem & Co), Panama; renamed IRAN |
| 1944 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Laid down as WAR DONJON for The Shipping Controller |
| 14/04/1944: Badly damaged by the explosion of FORT STIKINE at Bombay | |
| 1944: Subsequently broken up |
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Above photo as WAIKAWA is copyright of City of Vancouver Archives, Walter E Frost Collection