ENGINE REPAIRS

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 119, 23 May 1933, Page 8

ENGINE REPAIRS

AORANGI AT SYDNEY A PIONEER SHIP The Aorangi, the pioneer large British passenger.motor liner, is at present undergoing survey at Sydney, and a new section-of the ,crank of the; star- " board engine is being fitted. The Aorangi. has been withdrawn for two voyages. Two voyages ago, the ship experienced- engine trouble while between Auckland and Sydney, and it became necessary for the- ship to run on three engines ou her voyages between Sydney and Vancouver, via Auckland and Island ports, the other engine being out. of action. The Aorangi was consequently unable to maintain her usual high speed, but when the engine repairs have been com- ■ pleted she will again make fast passages. Until the engine trouble ; devoloped, the Aorangi was always a day ahead of. schedule in arriving at ' her various ports, and was never late in leaving port, and ;the engine trouble two voyages ago,was the first she had ever experienced. The Monowai is relieving the Aorangi while the latter ship undergoes survey. Tho Aorangi, a: ship of 23,000 tons, was launched .on June 17, 1924, from . the yards of the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Company, Glasgow. It was remarked at the.time that she "marked a new epoch in •mechanical propulsion as applied to sea transport." Tho four sets of Diesel engines, whieff arc her propelling-machinery, are of tin Fairfield-Sulzor type, each '. having six cylinders, 27^in diameter by 39in stroke, working on the two-stroke principle, and it was remarked when the Aorangi was built, that in order to meet the special requirements of a fast passenger liner the usual standard Sutaer type of engine had in some respects been modified. The greatest interest has been taken in the Aorangf since she was built, and inquiries have been received by the Union Company from all over, the world as to how the vessel ' is running. • ,