ARAWA / COLON / LAKE MEGANTIC / PORT HENDERSON / PORTO SAID / PORT SAID / ANAPO

ARAWA WAS BUILT FOR SHAW SAVILL & ALBION IN 1884, BY Wm DENNY & CO. SHE WAS THE SISTER SHIP TO TAINUI / 1ST AND SHE HAD  TWO FUNNELS AND FOUR MASTS. SHE COULD CARRY  A FEW FIRST CLASS PASSENGERS AND ALSO STEERAGE PASSENGERS. SHE WAS USED ON THE UK TO AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND RUN. SHE WAS CHARTERED TO HUDDART'S AND WAS USED ON THE UK TO VANCOUVER RUN. IN 1895 SHE WAS  CHARTERED TO SPAIN AND RE-NAMED 'COLON'. SHE WAS RETURNED TO SSA AND RESUMED HER ORIGINAL NAME. SHE WAS SOLD TO ELDER DEMPSTER & CO. BUT WAS REQUISITIONED BY THE UK GOVERNMENT AND USED AS A TRANSPORT FOR THE BOER WAR.SHE WAS RETURNED TO ELDER  DEMPSTER'S IN 1900. SHE WAS RE-NAMED 'LAKE MEGANTIC' AND PUT IN BEAVER LINE SERVICE.SHE WAS LATER RETURNED TO ELDER DEMPSTERS AND RE-NAMED 'PORT HENDERSON'. IN 1912 SHE WAS SOLD TO ITALY, BECOMING THE 'PORTO SAID' AND THEN THE 'PORT SAID' FOR ANOTHER ITALIAN LINE.SHE WAS SUNK IN 1915 BY A GERMAN U BOAT.