NEW MOTOR VESSEL
FDR SHAW, SAVILL LINE OPENING NEW ROUTE TO NEW ZEALAND Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright LONDON, February 11. (Received February 12, at 10 a.m.) Swan and Hunter Limited have received the biggest order placed with a Tyne firm since the Mauretania. It will be a 26,500-ton motor vessel for the Shaw, Savill Company, and will be built at the same berth as that used for the Mauretania. The new liner is expected to make her maiden voyage early in 1938, opening a new route for passenger traffic to New Zealand via Cape Town, Durban, and main Australian ports. It will carry between 500 and 600 cabin-class passengers. In addition to cargo space the vessel will have a refrigerated capacity of 500,000 cubic feet, including 8,500 ft specially for chilled beef. The liner is expected to make her maiden vovago in excellent time.
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Evening Star, Issue 22571, 12 February 1937, Page 9
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143NEW MOTOR VESSEL Evening Star, Issue 22571, 12 February 1937, Page 9
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