NEW MOTOR-SHIP
INTERCOLONIAL TRADE HANDLING OF TIMBER LOGS [from our own correspondent] By Air Mail LONDON, July 1 A new twin-screw motor vessel has been ordered from Henry Robb, Limited, shipbuilders, of Leith, by Captain A. F. Watehlin, of Auckland, who is now in Britain supervising the building of the vessel. The ship is primarily intended for the timber trade. 1 he keel of the ship has already been laid and the launch is expected to take place early in November. The vessel will be 235 ft. in length, 45ft. in beam and 15ft. 6in. in depth. It is designed to carry a total deadweight of 1500 tons, and will have a clear hold and large hatchway to facilitate the handling of long logs of timber. The deck machinery will be steamdriven. The same builders constructed the Port Waikato for Captain Watehlin a few years ago.
It was announced last April that Captain Watehlin had gone to Britain to supervise the construction of a ship for the Watehlin Shipping Line. The vessel was for trading between New Zealand and Australian ports.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22476, 21 July 1936, Page 11
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