ROSS SEA WHALERS
HEW 20,000*THN FACTORY SHIP, (Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, Jane 16. _ A remarkable addition to the fleet of Norwegian whalers operating from New Zealand in the Ross Sea will be the new 20,000-ton Pelagic; factory, ship Sir James Clark Ross, which is being built by the Rosshavet Whaling Company to replace the old 9,000-ton. converted ship of that name, which pioneered operations in Ross Sea in 19232, and which, after making seven voyages to that part of the Antarctic, has been sold to another whaling company. The new Sir James Clark Ross, which is being built by the Furness Shipbuilding Company, Ltd., of Haverton Hill-on-Tees. was launched at the beginning of last month. ,
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Evening Star, Issue 20511, 16 June 1930, Page 8
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