NEW MOTOR LINER.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18521, 4 October 1923, Page 7

NEW MOTOR LINER.

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- Additional"'details have ' been received regarding the; new motor lineir which is under v construction at the yard of the Fail-field Shipbuilding Company for the Union Steam Ship Company 'of > New Zealand. ■As already stated , the vessel, which will be of 20,000' 'tons 'displacement, will be the largest motor ship in the 'world and', " the largest : vessel crossing tjie Pacific' Ocean. ] "Captain Crawford, of ; the Makura, will, leave his vessel at Auckland on Monday, and.proceed to England to. supervise;;the fitting up of the new ship. . .'.'.'. ,- y ■ v The new vessel is to be ij,called,;the Aorangi, which is " the 'Maorji. name i of Mount Cook, ; and -the same rianle as a wellknown Trans-Pacific liner 'of |,t'ho' Union Company in pre-warr days. The vessel will, be 600 ft. m. length with ;72ft.. beam, and will.be driven byifour-ifcrews, the motive power, being provided by.:internal combustion engines of ;. the Sulzer type: The space for passenger accommodation .wiiil be .18 per cent, greater than; would , be j available ;■' if "; she were driven; by steam turbinas with; oil fuel. There ,:• will be provision for 920; : passengers;; of which : 400 will be in the first-class. ' •,.• • . A feature of the accommodation will be the' large number of single and two-berth' cabin's installed, many : having , private bathrooms attached. • ;. ; ' ~: v ; • lit the■■'ceiier'al• design of 'the vessel there are several'' innovations. Ice cream ' and soda fountains will be 'one feature,. and there' will he a soft drink lounge on deck for' first anil second-class passengers.; the boat, deck there will be a I gymnasium, ■ which will be;reached by two electric ele* vators from the lower deck. ' T . The Aorangi will make .the-trip, across the "Pacific in 18 ; days, - travelling- at 17 knots, and.it is expected that she will be ready towards the 'end 1 . of 1924. Compared with the former vessel of the same name. ; she, is;a wonderful 'example/of the advance of shipbuilding in 40 years. * The, old Aorangi; was built in 1883, and before the . war. ; was often- seen in. Sydney' Harbour, with her clipper. bow, three,masts. ' and;;a single funnel: The old:Aorangi. was engaged for many " years ;in , the Union Royal mail \, line running from Sydney to San Francisco.