NEW 26,500-TON SHIP
ENOLAND.N.Z. SERVICE BIG ORDER FOR TYNE MAIDEN TRIP NEXT YEAR (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Feb. 12, 11 a.m.) LONDON, Feb. 11. Swan Hunter Limited has received the biggest order placed with a Tyne firm since tiie Mauretania was built.
The order is for a 26,5C0-ton motor vessel for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company, and the vessel will be built at the same berth as that used for the Mauretania.
The new liner is expected to make her maiden voyage early in 1938, opening a new route for passenger traffic, to New Zealand, via Capetown, Durban and the main Australian ports. The liner will carry between 500 and 600 cabin-class passengers. In addition to cargo space, the vessel will have a refrigerated capacity of 500,CC0 cubic feet, including 85,000 ft. specially for chilled bed'.
The liner is expected to make her maiden voyage in excellent time.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 5
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151NEW 26,500-TON SHIP Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19247, 12 February 1937, Page 5
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