KAURI AND TOWING OPERATIONS

Mataura Ensign, 1 July 1914, Page 5

KAURI AND TOWING OPERATIONS

' TEE UNITJSD TEESS ASSOCIATION. W-E-STPORT, July 1. Towing operations at the Kauri so far have failed.

The Kauri is by no means an old boat, .haying been 'built in Hartlepool in 1905 by Messrs Furnees, Withy and Co. for Messrs J. and W. Harrison. She is classed 100 Al at Lloyd's, and has the following dimensions': Length 325 feet, ibreadth 47ft, depth 22.3 feet. The Union Company purchased: the Kauri after the loss of the Kotuku, a much .smaller vessel, which. wias wrecked at Oreymoutli on May 17, LM2. The vessel was originally named the Harmony, and left-Bristol for Dunedin on June 18, 1912. En route the Kauri called' at Newcastle for a load of hardwood and coal, and arrived at headquarters of the Union Company "on September 19, 1912. Shvs is a "large cargo-carrier of 2833 tons register, and Ims a. deadweight carrying capacity of 50.50 tons. The Kauri is nearly" the same size as the Whiangape, and 1 was considered a notable* addition, to the Union Company's fleet. In appearance the vessel is bluff-bowed l , with an almost ;>erpcndictilar funnel amidships, and well decks fore rand aft.

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