NORWEGIAN TANKER

Evening Post, Volume CXV, Issue 148, 26 June 1933, Page 7

NORWEGIAN TANKER

THE SIR KARL XNUDSEN

A light, grey-coloured tanker in the harbour on Saturday attracted attention' from the shore, for a vessel of her colouring is unusual among tankers. The vessel was the Sir Karl Knudsen, from Singapore, and she is berthed at the Burnham Wharf. An inspection of the vessel at close quarters confirmed the first favourable impression, but one of the officers stated with regret that the ship was not as clean as she usually; is' because of some bad weather that was met with before arrival at Wellington, so sho must be unusually clean before setting out on a voyage. -The Sir Karl Knudsen, which is Norwegian owned, -was1 in Wellington in May, 1931. ' Built in 1928, she- has a gross tonnage of 7747. When loaded, she is able to do eleven knots, and when light, twelve 'and a half knots. Comfortable quarters are provided for thoss onboard, and, as explained by an officer, the rooms have'to be fairly spacious, as so much -time is spent in them, for a tanker spends less time in port than, any other typo of vessel. There is on board a wooden' ehcst very finely carved. It is the1 property of the master, Captain Sigurd Andreassen, and was bought at Singapore for about £.1. The chest wpuld cost about £10 if bought in New Zealand. The Sir Karl Knudsen is a twin-screw vessel, and is able to discharge 650 tons, water capacity, an hour. ' . The first year after th» Sir Karl Knudsen was built she used to trade, between the west coast of America and Europe. She ran between Curacao and the east coast of America until a tax wan put on motor spirit entering the east coast from ports other than those on the west coast of the United States, and, this effectively stopped the Curacaoeast coast trade. The Sir Karl Knudsen has made'trips from Balik Papan to England, and has. also, 'called at Rotterdam. . .This is her, Second visit to New Zealand)'«nd she has slso visited Australia »nd South Africa. Th« tanker has called at Japan, so she can be called a round-the-world traveller. The Sir Karl Knudsen will leave Wellington today or tomorrow for th| South libad ana Auckland,