EX-NAZI SHIP ARRIVES
CAPTURED AT NARVIK rp.A.) WELLINGTON, Aug. 14. The ex-Gorman naval auxiliary Gaarden, which was captured by the British at Narvik and has been renamed the Kamo, has arrived from Southampton as part of the war reparations allotted to New Zealand. Built during the war, she is believed to have acted as a supply ship to the battleship Tirpitz as well as being used as a minelayer and cargo carrier for the German Fleet. She was badly bombed at Narvik and was beached by her crew to prevent her 1 from sinking. She was overhauled at ! Leith after capture, but still carries the original German fittings and machinery. The vessel is 215 ft. long with a tonnage of 1418. She has been bought by the Union Steam Ship Company and will probably be used in the coastal trade.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22407, 14 August 1947, Page 4
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