NEW UNION LINER
LAUNCHED IN ENGLASD LONDON, 23rd April Mrs. W. p. Massey performed the. christening ceremony in connection with the launching of the Union Company's Armagh LThe Armagh is practically a sister ship to' 1 the Northumberland, a. vessel of the Federal ■ and Shire Line, and which is now well known in Wellington. Wuen the war started the Armagh was in the builders' hands, but owing ■ to the rush of war vessels she has, for some considerable time, remained in a. state of semicompleUon. Now, with the sudden decision of ■ the British Government to build cai;go vessels, I she has been completed. The vessel, which is ono of some 12,000 tons gross, is intended for the New Zealand meat trade, and like.her , sister ship, will also carry passengers. She ■ is fitted with the latest cargo-working appliances, and a. powerful set of refrigerating machinery. The new vessel will be propelled by lour geared turbines, coupled to two shafts, and will hiive a cruiser stern. Her length is 635 ft, breaifth 63ft, and depth 31.9 ft. Tho builders arc Swan, Hunter, Wigram and Richardson.)
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 6
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183NEW UNION LINER Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 98, 25 April 1917, Page 6
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