NEW STEAMERS
TWO MORE ORDERED
Two new cargo vessels, in addition to the Kakapo, the Kahika. the Wanaka, the Korowai, and the Kantane, at present being built, have been ordered by the Union Steam Ship Company for the intercolonial cargo trade.
The names chosen for the two new ships are Komata and Kurow, and they will be sister ships in design and size. They will be built by Alexander Stephen and Sons, Linthouse, Glasgow, to plans and specifications prepared at the Union Company's headquarters in Wellington. Each will be a single-screw, coal-burning steamer with a gross tonnage of about 3800 tons, giving a cargo deadweight of about 4500 tons on a loaded draught of 23ft 6in, and a service, speed of 12 knots. The cargo space will be divided into three main compartments, two forward of the engine space and one aft, and each vessel will be equipped with one 20-ton and eight 5-ton sets of cargo gear. Special consideration has been given to the latest developments in hull design and general arrangement.
The original Komata was built in 1907 by Swan, Hunter, and Wisham Richardson, Ltd., of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and was a single-screw steamer of 2115 tons gross. She scent much of her tune in the coal trade on the West Coast. In later years she was fitted with limifr ed passenger accommodation and maintained a weekly run between Wellington and Westport. In 1934, having lain idle for two years, she was sold to Japanese buyers, taken to Japan, and broken up for scrap metal.
The first Kurow was built in 1909 by W. Doxford and Sons, Ltd., Sunderland. She was a single-screw steamer of 2625 tons gross and spent most of her time in the intercolonial and coastal trades. In 1933 she was sold to Moller and Company for service on the Chinese coast.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 14, 16 July 1937, Page 5
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