THE ORARI

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 93, 21 April 1933, Page 12

THE ORARI

FAST MOTOR LINER

HAS DONE 17.34 KNOTS

Orders have been placed with.British shipbuilding yards for three motor cargo liners for the New Zealand trade, and ono of these, ordered by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, will have a service speed of sixteen knots, and the other two, ordered by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, will be tho largest and fastest cargo shipsi m the Now Zealand service, states "Tho Post's" London correspondent. • Tho motor cargo ships Otaio, Opawa, and Orari, 10,000 tons gross, belonging to tho New Zealand Shipping Company, are said to be tho fastest motor cargo ships in' tho world, and if the new liners are faster than theso, New Zealand will be exceptionally well served in the matter of fast ships.. The Otaio and Orari are at present in, port. The Otaio is known as a "flyer," and is probably tho fastest of the three ships, holding a number of records, and the Opawa has also a few records to her credit. Tho performances of these two ships havo already been described in "Tho Post." Although the Orari has no records to her credit, she is a very fast ship. . When tho Orari, which was built in 1931 underwent her trials, her fastest speed was 17.78 knots. Her average speed over a measured mile was 17.4 knots. Tlio ship does not attain such a high speed on service conditions, being loaded, and economy has to 'bo exercised in the burning of fuel. Rough weather frequently makes it necessary for speed to bo reduced. However, details aro given in this article to show what speed is attained in tho various voyages. . ■ . In October, 1932, while proceeding from Brisbane to Sydney, the Orari maintained an average speed of 17.34 knots for 450 miles. This was her fastest speed since her trials. On one trip from Liverpool to Glasgow she did 116.22 knots, and on. another 16.37 knots. 1 From Newport to Glasgow sho did 16.43 knots. Incidentally, most of tho engineers livo in Glasgow. On her various trips round the English coast, be-' tween loading and discharging, the Orari maintains an average speed of 15.9 to 16 knots. In October, 1932, the Orari, proceeding from New Plymouth to Townsville, experienced head winds and heavy seas, but maintained an average speed of 15.3 knots. On her second voyage, in September and October, 1931, tho Orari maintained an average speed of 15.6 knots Dakar and To.wnsvillc, a distance of 11,219 inilos. On her last' voyage between Liverpool and Auckland adverse weather conditions were experienced most of tho passage, but the ship maintained an average speed of 15 knots for the distance of 13,584 miles. Just after leaving Liverpool, a seventy mile an hour galo was experienced. Between March 24 and March 30, the Orari met with head gale's of a force of ■ eighty miles an hour, and very heavy seas and confused swell. The Qrari met with a moderate gale in the Tasman- Sea.