545 TONS BUILT IN1852 525H.P.
IN 1880 A FLEET OF SMALL SHIPS WERE INAUGURATED TO CARRY TOBACCO FROM SUMATRA
TO SINGAPORE. THE "HEBE" AND HER SISTER SHIP "CALYPSO" WERE SPECIALLY BUILT TO
EXTEND THIS TRADE FROM BELAWAN (DELI) TO SINGAPORE. SHE WAS ONE OF THE SMALLER
SHIPS OF THE BLUE FUNNEL LINE TO ACT AS A FEEDER VESSEL FOR THE FAR EASTERN
SERVICE. IN 1910 SHE WAS TRANSFERRED TO THE STRAITS STEAMSHIP COMPANY OF
SINGAPORE.