WAIWERA ( 2nd )

BUILT BY HARLAND AND WOLFF IN BELFAST.SHE WAS SISTER SHIP TO WAIPAWA,WAIRANGI/1st,WAIMARAMA AND WAIOTIRA.SHE WAS A VESSEL OF 12,435 TONS.SHE WAS SUNK BY THE  GERMAN SUBMARINE U-754 ON 29TH JUNE 1942, U754 HAD LEFT BREST ON THE 19TH OF THE MONTH UNDER THE COMMAND OF HANS OESTERMANN, IT BEING THE THIRD PATROL OF THE SUBMARINE.U-754 WAS LOST ON THE 31ST JULY 1942.