LYTTELTON FERRY
DETAILS OF NEW STEAMED
(Press Association.) , “ WELLINGTON, .Sept. 50. Further particulars of .the neu steamer being built g Steam Ship Co. lor the Lyttelton lorry service are a.m nine Th<* vessel will have a -length ( 410 ft 3in.. a. breadth of odt, ana • * • , ..r ‘>i • lenots Aovoininod.it ion speed ol sil.i Kiiois. .»«. s is heine- provided lor- <P-, - ’ nasselmeri, 504 aceOmmodated m cabins "and the reimv.nder in pubj - rooms ; - and 221 second-emsx w>l , c . iai in cabins ami oJ-i-' rooms The crew will number about The vessel will have Eve tfCrhs aJ'd will be' subdivided by .water-tight bulkheads to meet the full •‘’Tenements of the Board iKT 4 l.icillau nravify lowering dari.O., - ,“S’d for. -There will he extendsome dining-saloon, ” S I and smoke-room ioi hist-cia... 1 ““.ers, and a dmrng saloonl ond sSre-r’oorh far. acrondite onej, Provision is made lor tne. cni i of a certain amount of cargo, and Er|S "paces ’tween decks .ire provided for carrying motoi eais. The vessel will have twin serous, each propeller being driven by ectric motor supplied nith aiL “ a ; , inn- current from alternator* ul.i wifi ho driven by .Curtis 'turbmes U which high .pressure •• superheated will he ready for delivery m a. veai time. -
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 2
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204LYTTELTON FERRY Gisborne Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 11324, 30 September 1930, Page 2
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