NIAGARA IN DOCK.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVI, Issue 70, 23 March 1915, Page 2

NIAGARA IN DOCK.

....-■ -A TIGHT ITT. •"■■ Something of a feat-was performed , by lie Harbour Boards staff this, morning, when the RJ&.S. Niagara (13,415 tons ■register) was successfully floated into the Calliope Dock, whioh has never be"foTß , accommodated-a. vessel of her size. ■The -Niagara -was towed, clear of the •Queen's wharf, by.-the togs Te Awhina and Young Biingaree, and, after being swung" in -mid-stream, was taken up to the dock-entrance floa-ted in with littte- or no delay, the tide being then aij-thefull.-. .... ■ ~, ,: , The Niagara.-.migbt' properly be described .as a. tiglrt fit, eg far as the dock iris ...cpneerned. ~ Her_ -_ dimensions are: .Length- 524-ft 7Jn,r beam - 6Bft 3in, depth 34 ft pin. "-TheJeiigth of the dock rangee between 566 at the dtop ta 50Q feet on the floor, the length on the blocks being 521Tt.. The Jeiggi. of^the r Niagara, it . be mentioned, inclndes the over.hajigjng which, of coaiße, com.cc well above the dock caisson, leaving a reasonable epace to spare. The tightest fit wae at' ■the. dock entrance, the -width ' '. between, being. 77 feet 6 inches ".Ifianng_aboTrt. 5 feet .6 inches on either side oi the -veseeL Pamping operations had notbeen started -wbea the "Star" "went tcTpfese, bjri owing to the great rn 6.ize \sPthe: vessel tKey.'al'e" iiot litelv J& t4fe-"long:' -ABeufrthe largest yeseel fftvibtSly-'docfea-kt-De-wniport was the I Athcnic U2334 tons), -which -wa3 put in •Miy thk year, on her return from Wit