MATAROA / DIOGENES

MATAROA WAS BUILT IN 1922 FOR THE ABERDEEN LINE AND LAUNCHED AS THE 'DIOGENES'. SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO THE SOPHOCLES / TAMAROA. SHAW SAVILL AND ALBION CHARTERED HER IN 1926. IN 1932 SHE WAS PURCHASED BY SHAW SAVILL & ALBION, AND RE-NAMED 'MATAROA'. THE THIRD OFFICER WHO HAD SERVED ON THE WHITE STAR LINE VESSEL ' TITANIC ' AND SURVIVED ITS SINKING WHEN ONTO SERVE ONBOARD 'MATAROA '. SHE WAS SCRAPPED IN 1957 AT FASLANE. HER SHIPS BELL WAS GIVEN TO THE SCHOOL IN MATAROA ( NR TAIHAPE ). SHE  ALSO CARRIED THE PARTS AS CARGO, TO BUILD THE THE AUCKLAND HARBOUR BRIDGE.