NEW LINER LAUNCHED
SHAW, SAVILL COMPANY VESSEL FOR N.Z. TRADE (10 a.m.) LONDON, Dec. 12. The Shaw Savill ahd Albion Lines passenger and cargo liner Gothic, of 15.000 tons, which is designed for the New Zealand and Australian traoe. was launched at Wallsend-on-Tytie. She is a sister ship of the Corinthic. The fourth ship of the class will be launched at Birkenhead on December 30. . The owners announced that they are placing orders for three more cargo vessels to help to replace those lost during the war. These will be 13,000 ton vessels similar to the Corinthic and Gothic, but they will not carry passengers
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22510, 13 December 1947, Page 5
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105NEW LINER LAUNCHED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22510, 13 December 1947, Page 5
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