UNION COMPANY'S LATEST

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 254, 20 July 1908, Page 7

UNION COMPANY'S LATEST

THE MAKURA. FOR THE VANCOUVER SERVICE! (by TELEonArn—press associatios—corYEionT.) (Rec. July 19;-4.30-p.m.) London, July 18. ; ,Tho Union Steam Ship Company's new steamer Makura has been launched on the Clyde! '' , v ". J ; ' SIXTEEN KNOTS WHEN LOADED.'- . j . .The Union Company's new steamer Jlakurais 7500 tons gross register and 8000 i.h.p. Tho vessel,- which is fitted, .with twin screws, and has been built especially for the Sydney-Van- 5 cquver service, which the Union Company has undertaken to improve >with-'tlib addition 'of , up-to-date boats, the Manuka being already a step, in that direction./.' ; The Makura was designed to,, be 450 ft. long by 57ft. . Gin. by * 34ft. 9in. .' Her engines are of the reciprocating type, and,will be capable of maintaining a, steady sea speed of 16 knots when tho vessel'is fully loaded.will, it is thought, mean; a maximmn 1 speed hot far-short of "18"-knots'.; ■ In lohgth;'she exceeds the 50ft., the Marama .by 30ft., and the Aparima by 20ft • . . The' builders, 'Messrs. A. r ~.Stephens', and' Sons, 1 Glasgow, contracted to, deliver' ;in; .August '|his firm is . a very" old-established one, and among the vessels it has built, is', a number of steamers flying the flag of the Anchor Line, Allan Line. Clan Line, Aberdeen"Lin6, arid Nippon Yusen. Kaisha, while, to come to individual ■ vessfels, there may bo mentioned the crack Atlantic turbine boats Tunisian Aid Virginian, now trading between the' United Kingdom and Canada, ' - ■ ' . '