Knight Templar At Lyttelton
Another addition to the Crusader Line’s Pacific fleet arrived at Lyttelton from Wellington yesterday with BuBo cases of Cypriot oranges from Famagusta. She is the 16j-knot motor-vessel, Knight Templar, commanded by Captain C D Craig, of Belfast. Formerly the Swedishowned and built, Arctic Ocean, the Knight Templar has visited New Zealand previously under her original name She has European officers and a Chinese crew. She is comfortably appointed throughout and has 232.035 cubic feet of refrigerated space. Her bulk of 30,000 cases of oranges was discharged at Wellington. The
Knagtvt Templar is 394 feet in length and has a gross tonnage of 3972 tons. Painted in pale green, similar to the familiar Crusader and the equally familia’r Saracen, the Knight Templar is a handsome and useful addition to this fleet. Upon completion of discharge, the Knight Templar will commence loading refrigerated cargo for Noumea, Port Moresby, Singapore, Port Swetteniham, Manila, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. This will be her normal run Due to leave Lyttelton for Dunedin today, the Knight Templar will also call at Nelson. New Plymouth, Wellington. and Auckland, before finally leaving for the north
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Press, Volume CII, Issue 30116, 27 April 1963, Page 12
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