MINESWEEPER LAUNCHED
SECOND IN FORTNIGHT H.M.S. RIMU TAKES THE WATER (P.A.) AUCKLAND, September 9. A fortnight after the launching of the minesweeper Hinau. her sister ship Rimu was sent down the slipway today after being christened with a bottle of New Zealand wine by Mrs W. E. Parry, wife of Commodore W. E. Parry, Chief of the Naval Staff. Like that of the Hinau, it was a perfect launch, the stout steel and wooden vessel sliding slowly into the Waitemata, where she was picked up by a tug and towed to the fitting-out basin.
There was a sprig of rata at the bow, and as the ship gathered speed down the greased ways, the New Zealand Ensign, the Union Jack, and the White Ensign were broken out aboard. There were cheers from the large crowd, while the National Anthem was played.
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Press, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23430, 10 September 1941, Page 8
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