NORWEGIAN TRAMP

Hawera Star, Volume LI, 12 August 1931, Page 7

NORWEGIAN TRAMP

TEMERAIRES VOYAGINGS

WOOL DERBY” WINNER

Winner of the “Wool Derby” from Australia to Dunkirk, via the Suez Canal, on her maiden voyage in 1928, the Norwegian motor-ship Temeraire, which arrived at Wellington on Sunday night from Sydney, is a notable vessel, and attracted considerable attention in port, states the “Dominion.” The Temeraire is one of the remarkable fleet of fast motor-ships owned by Willi. Wilhelmsen, of Oslo, Norway. Registered under the Wilhelmsen house flag are 33 motor-shops, 16 steamers, and seven tankers, operating regular services from Norway and other European Countries to Australia, India, and the Far East, via the Suez Canal, and I to the west coast of North and South America, via the Panama Canal. The motor-ships, all of whose names start with T, are fast cargo vessels, with a service speed of up to LI knots, and most of them have been built during the last ten years. Although not the latesi of the fleet, the Temeraire is typical of most of the motor-ships. Launched at St. Nazairc, France, in December, 1927. slic is a I twin-screw ship of 6463 tons gross reIgister. 453 feet in length (b.p.); 60.2 feet in breadth and over 30 feet in j depth of hold. She is propelled by two j sets of Bunneister and Wain fourI stroke cycle, single-acting, eight-cyljn-I dor Diesel oil engines, which, on her | maiden trial trip, gave her a speed of jl7 knots. As already staled, the Temeraire. on her maiden voyage in 1928. won what is popularly known as the “Australian. Wool Derby." when she beat all her competitors with llu* first wool of the season on the run from Australia via the Suez Canal to - Dunkirk.

Owing in the depression in trade, the Temeraire, on her present voyage, I has bad to depart from her usual itinerary and “tramp” for freight to I numerous ports. Leaving Oslo on May 25 she loaded cargo at Hamburg. Rotterdam. and Antwerp and then went on to Cape Town, to pick up maize, dried fruit, oil. wine, and jam. part of this being for New Zealand. Emm South Africa the Temeraire went to Fremantle. Dunbury. Melboure. Burnio (Tasmania), and Sydney, before crossing fo Wellington. She lias a small fpituitity of European and South Afri:i ii rurgo as well as ‘M.PM finals <;_»0 ( -i,hic feet in load) of West Australian hardwood to discharge at Wellington.

Lyttelton. Napier and Auckland. From New Zealand the Temeraire will go 1"

Salarnon and Rabaul to load copra, and then to Australian ports to complete j with wool and general cargo from Australia . Having brought a mail from Austarlia the Temeraire is flying the Norwegian mail ensign, a three-tailed flag with the national colours and hearing in the centre of the cross the Royal crown and the word “Post."