Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tau 1939 e 39 nga kaipuke a Blue Star Line, i mahi katoa i te Pakanga Tuarua o te Ao. I te tau 1940 i mau i te moana te kaipuke o te akomanga "Imperial Star" i hangaia e Burmeister &amp; Wain i Denmark.
Ko te whakaekenga o Tiamana ki Rānana ka oti hei tono kaipuke moana "Kriegsmarine".