NEW CARGO STEAMER

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 85, 11 April 1945, Page 6

NEW CARGO STEAMER

KAIMANAWA COMPLETED UNION COMPANY VESSEL O.C. WELLINGTON, this day. The cargo steamer Kaimanawa, recently completed by Henry Robb, Limited, Leith, for the Union Steam Ship Company, is a-single-deck type witn a combined bridge, poop and forecastle. She is capable of carry- . ing a total deadweight of 3300 tons, there being four holds with a total capacity of about 160,000 cubic feet. Water ballast is carried in the double bottom and fore and after peaks, this amounting to about 550 tons. Part of the double bottom is used for reserve feed and also the main fresh water tanks. .• As the main boilers burr fuel oil, tanks have been provided for carrying about 450 tons of fuel. , - . The accommodation is of the usual high standard associated with - the "Union Company's steamers, but certain features had- to be eliminated due to war restrictions. The entire accommodation for officers and crew is situated amidships and makes a very compact arrangement. The holds are served by eight five-ton derricks operated by the same number of 7in by 12in steam winches. Provision is also made for fitting a 25-ton derrick when occasion arises. Steering gear is of the hydraulic type operated by telemotor from the bridge. The gross tonnage is 2577 and the net 1385 tons. Propelling machinery supplied by the North Eastern Marine Engineering Company, consists of one set of direct-acting surface-condensing, triple expansion engines, of the makers' most modern and improved design. Engine-room auxiliaries comprise evaporator, auxiliary condenser, feed heater- and feed filter. Two electrical generating sets have also been supplied. Steam is generated by two cylindrical multitubular boilers working under Howden's forced draught and designed to burn oil fuel. „