NEW CARGO SHIP

Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25305, 3 October 1947, Page 5

NEW CARGO SHIP

FIRST VISIT TO NEW ZEALAND

NORFOLK’S CARGO FOR . LYTTELTON

Considered to be one of the most up-to-date and efficient cargo vessels in the world, the Federal Steam Navigation Company’s motor-ship Norfolk, a vessel of more than 11,000 tons, will unload cargo from the West of England at Lyttelton towards the end of this month. The Norfolk was built at Clydebank in John Brown’s yards, and was launched in the Clyde by Mrs Walter Nash, wife of the New Zealand Minister of Finance, in June, 1946. The Norfolk is at present in Auckland and is on her second voyage, although this is her first visit to New Zealand. Constructed under special survey, the Norfolk is a handsome vessel with a raked stem, cruiser stern, two pole masts, and a single funnel Many months of experimental work were spent by the designers of the ship, testing model forms in the builders’ experimental tank, to determine the best type of propeller to maintain the required service speed of 17 knots. The Norfolk is constructed to carry refrigerated cargo on her homeward trips, and has a capacity for 4000 tons of frozen and chilled meat, 100,000 crates of butter, fruit and cheese, and 12,500 bales of wool. There is a high standard of accommodation in the ship, the ship’s company being quartered in mid-ships deckhouses in double-berth cabins. Officers and engineers are billeted in single cabins on the bridge deck. Navigational aids fitted in the ship include gyro-com-pass and repeaters, radio direction finding gear, echo-sounding equipment, and radar. Mixed Cargo for Lyttelton The Norfolk will unload an assorted cargo when she berths at Lyttelton. Not the least of her cargo is a consignment of English motor-cars—. Daimlers, Lanchesters, and Morris models being mentioned in her cargo manifests. The usual art silks, cotton., goods, gaberdines, and knitting wools from England will form part of the cargo, which also includes consignments of goods which have been in short supply. Table tennis balls, dressed goatskins, cork sheeting, and table telephones are some of the goods which the Norfolk will unload here, and a small consignment of fishing rods will be unloaded for a Christchurch firm. Although it is a popular breakfast dish in Scotland, and to a lesser degree in England, the kipper, famous in war-time jokes and cartoons concerning food rationing in Great Britain, has no great following in New Zealand. Nevertheless there are 100 boxes of kippers in the Norfolk’s cold stores to be unloaded at Lyttelton. Other goods in the Norfolk’s holds are scythe blades, stockinette, carpets, salt, earthenware, stainless steel tableware, linoleums, men’s trousers, chromium and copper wire, lathes, and various types of industrial machinery. Kinsey and Company, Ltd., are agents for the Norfolk.