RMS Mataroa (formerly named the Diogenes) was a 12,341-ton ocean liner built by Harland & Wolff in 1922. She was chartered to the Shaw, Savill & Albion Line with her sister ship SS Sophocles in 1926 and renamed Mataroa. She was scrapped in 1957.[1]

RMS Mataroa in Haifa port
History
NameSS Mataroa
OperatorAberdeen Line (1921-1932)
RouteUK to New Zealand
BuilderHarland & Wolff, Belfast
Yard number575
Launched2 March 1922
FateScrapped 29 March 1957
General characteristics
TypePassenger ship
Tonnage12,375 GRT
Length500 ft 4 in (152.50 m)
Beam63 ft 2 in (19.25 m)
Draught24 ft 2 in (7.37 m)
Depth of hold39 ft 6 in (12.04 m)
Installed power5,200 s.h.p.
Propulsionwin screw, initially coal fired turbines, changed to oil fired in 1926
Speed13.5 knots (25.0 km/h; 15.5 mph)

In 1945, Mataroa made two famous journeys:

References

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  1. ^ "R.M.S. MATAROA 1922 -1957". NZ National Maritime Museum. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  2. ^ Koutouzis 2010
  3. ^ Bordes 2011, p. 66

Sources

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  • Bordes, François (2011). "Exil et création. Des penseurs grecs dans la vie intellectuelle française" [Exile and creation: Greek thinkers in French intellectual life]. In S. Jollivet; C. Prémat; M. Rosengren (eds.). Destins d’exilés : trois philosophes grecs à Paris : Kostas Axelos, Cornelius Castoriadis, Kostas Papaïoannou (in French). Paris: Le manuscrit. pp. 63–73.
  • Koutouzis, Michel (1 June 2010). "Les voyages du Mataroa". Agoravox (in French).

Further reading

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  • Nelly Andrikopoulou, 2007: Le Voyage du « Mataroa  », Athens: Hestia
  • Mimika Cranaki: « Mataroa » à deux voix: Journal d'exil. Bénaki ISBN 978-960-8347-77-9
  • L'Odyssée du Mataroa, soixante-cinq ans après... . Institut français d'Athènes, 20 December 2010
  • "R.M.S. Mataroa 1922 -1957", New Zealand Maritime Record