TRAWLER FOR NEW ZEALAND
(FIVE WEEKS' VOYAGE. (Fbom Ora Own Coeeespondent.) LONDON, November 2. The Hull trawler Humphrey left Hull on October 26 for New Zealand, having been sold by Messrs F. and T. Ross, trawler owners, through Messrs W. A. Massey and Sons, Ltd., to the Auckland firm-of Messrs Sanford, Ltd. ■ The trawler, .which will supplement the fishing fleet engaged in New Zealand waters, was built in 1918, and is 115 feet long. She has been engaged from Hull in North Sea and western fishing. Messrs H. Abraham and Sons, ,of Glasgow, contracted to take he,- to her new headquarters, and on the journey out she is in command of a Glasgow skipper of deep sea experience. Included in her complement of about 10 men are several Hull men who arc to make their homes in New Zealand; The. journey will occupy about five weeks, and the ship will make two calls for coal en route.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 20586, 8 December 1928, Page 4
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