MODERN TANKER.
10,000-TONNER ECLIPSE.
FULL LOAD 4,000,000 GALLONS
The Vacuum Company's tanker Eclipse, which arrived yesterday afternoon from Sumatra, is a vessel of 10,000 tons She was built in 1931 by Meessr. Scott, of Greenock, for the Standard Vacuum fleet, of which she is one of the largest. Her carrying capacity of bulk fuel oil is 4,000,000 gallons. Captain J. H. .Henderson is in command. Mr. Todd is first and Mr. Drew second officer. Mr*. J. C. Hawley is chief engineer, and Mr, M. Bell second. Mr. Philip Moss is t.ie wireless operator. The Eclipse left Palembang, Sumatra, taking 20 days on tlie passage to Auckland. She called at Thursday Island to pick up the pilot for the passage down the Queensland Coast inside the Barrier reefs, dropping him off at Moreton Bay. Fine -weather was met with until crossing the Tasman. The vessel is equipped with the latest Sperry Gyro compass, which automatically keeps the vessel on a ' set course, only requiring the quartermaster to stand, by. Her crew consists of nine European officers and 33 Chinese seamen.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 58, 9 March 1935, Page 10
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179MODERN TANKER. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 58, 9 March 1935, Page 10
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