TASMAN LINER

Hokitika Guardian, 15 July 1935, Page 8

TASMAN LINER

details of new VESSEL. LUXURIOUS APPOINTMENTS. LONDON, July 10. Details are now available of the passenger liner of 14,000 gross tons, with a speed of 23 knots, which is to be built by Messrs Vickers-Armstrongs, Limited, at Barrow for the Union Steam Ship Company. The liner will be 544 ft. long overall with a beam of 74ft.; her displacement will be 15,000 tons. She will have accommodation on five decks, all conned by electric passenger lifts, for 400 first-class passengers and 160 tourist class, and a limited amount of steerage accommodation. Sport 3 and prom enado' decks of generous dimensions wilt be provided. . The public rooms will include a palm court, built around the truism m-m. library and writing room at the forward end of the promenade detk. This deck will be furnished with steel screens with large glass windows and will form an enjoyable space for observation at sea oT entering harbour. Anvdshins will he a spacious lounge, with French windows opening on to the deck, and a gallery around three sides.

Abaft' the lounge will be a spacious smokeroom. Here also a men s dubroom at ’ one side of the deck and a clubroom for women .on the other will form an agreeable innovation. At the extreme afto* endif e enclosed promenade will bo- a verandah . cafe and a dance room with a" dais for the orchestra, and, beyond, this, promenade and sports deck for tourist class passengers. ' . On the boat deck there will be a group of one-berth cabins with private baths and toilets. On a deck below will be first-class cabins, the bureau, hairdresser’s shop and a number of twoberth cabins, each with a private bathroom. All first-class cabins will be furnished with bedsteads, hot and cold . water, telephone—operating throughout ] the ship find, in port, connected with the shore, wardrobe, dressing table and electric, light. ■ At the after end of A edeft null be the public rooms of the tourist class, including a smokeroom, lounge, etc.) about which will extend a. promenade deck with steel weather screens fitted with large portholes. The remainder of, B and C decks will be occupied by cabins of both classes. The first-class dining room on B deck will seat 280 . people simultaneously and will be fitted with restaurant tables. Adjacent will be the children’s room. On the same deck will be the tourist class dining room, seating 124, with kitchens, pantries, etc., between. Mechanical ventilation, up-te-date talk, ing picture equipment, with a system of loud speakers for occasional use, will add to the attractions of the vessel. The ship will be propelled by Parsons single-reduction-geared turbines. Watertube boilers will burn oil fuel under forced draught, and she is expected to steam 23 knots, which will enable her to maintain 21-day passages between Sydney and New Zealand. The navigation equipment will include a wireless direction findUr, electric submerged log, gyro compass and a recording echosounding machine. An electric ship’s progress indicator will be installed in the main vestibule. Stowage will include 50,000 cubic feet of refrigerated space. . The ship is expected to be launched in February and to be ready for sea. in August of next year.