Built by John Brown and Company Clydebank, Scotland for Cunard White Star Line. 81,237 tons. Speed 28.5 knots. Length 1,019.4 feet. Beam 118.5 feet. Height 181 feet. Draught 39 feet. 2139 passengers (776 first class, 784 tourist class, 579 third class). 1,101 crew. Laid down 01/12/1930. Launched 26/09/1934. Radio Callsign GBTT. Maiden voyage 27/05/1936 as passenger liner. Designated H.M.T. N.N. and refitted as troopship in Sydney, New South Wales to carry Australian and New Zealand soldiers to the United Kingdom. Often travelled out of convoy and without escort since U-Boats could not match her speed. The forward section was fitted with anti-aircraft guns.

Cargo ship. Built by Harima at Yard 11, Aioi, Japan. Completed March 1919 as Yone Maru. Displacement 6,780 tons. Speed 10 knots. Single screw. Length 129.5 metres. Beam 16.3 metres. Renamed 1930 to Tamahoko Maru. Japanese hellship used to transport slave labour (including prisoner of war) under horrendously disgusting conditions. Thousands died in transit to different work camps. Hellships were often attacked by the Allies as they were marked like any other enemy shipping. 24/06/1944 torpedoed and sunk by the Balao class submarine U.S.S. Tang (SS-306) southwest of Kagoshima in position 32º24’N, 129º38’E.