NZSCo RMS Rotorua (?) Souvenir Plated Bud Vase

Price: NZ$80.27

Code: BH518

NZSCo RMS Rotorua (?) Souvenir Plated Bud Vase has the look of an earlier piece. Coiled and plated wire, with an engraved leaf bearing the ships name, holds the detachable bud vase. Most of the plating is gone due to constant polishing but still a nice piece.4” 101 mm tall.

Which ship I cannot tell, both met a similar end, one in WWI and the other in WWII

NZSCo Rotorua (I) was a passenger steamer built in 1910-1917 Torpedoed and sunk 22 Mar 1917 by UC-17
NZSCo Rotorua (II) was a cargo/passenger ship 1911-1936 (former Shropshire) Torpedoed and sunk 11 Dec 1940 by U-96