| Name: | WAIMATE |
| Type: | Refrigerated Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 11/07/1896 |
| Completed: | 09/1896 |
| Builder: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd |
| Yard: | Hebburn |
| Yard Number: | 335 |
| Dimensions: | 5610grt, 3629nrt, 420.0 x 54.0 x 28.6ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (29.75, 48 & 78 x 54ins), 491nhp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw, 12.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 105276 |
| History: | |
| 09/1896 | New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd, Plymouth |
| 1925 | Soc Anon Franchi Gregorini, Brescia |
| 18/06/1925 | Wrecked |
| Comments: | 18/06/1925: Wrecked 5 miles from Cape St Vincent on a voyage from the |
| Clyde to Genoa with a cargo of coal and then on to the breakers | |
| Sold to Soc Anon Franchi Gregorini for the delivery voyage to the breakers |
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