H.M.S. AVENGER.
NEW ZEALAND SHIP SUNK BY ENEMY. The public of New Zealand have learnt with the keenest regret of the loss in the North Sea of H.M.S. Avenger. The vessel, which was an up-to-date ship of 15,200 tons, driven by twin steam turbines, was torpedoed on the night of June 13th and 14th. She was designed and built for the Union Steamship Company to run as a mail steamer in the New Zealand-Vancouver service, and the original intention was to christen her the Aotea-Roa. Owing to the war, however, she was nsver employed on the service intended, and was converted to an armed merchant cruiser, under the British Admiralty. At the time of her being commissioned as a warship her complement of officers had arrived from New Zealand to take the vessel out, and these officers were taken over with the ship.
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/TDN19170828.2.4
Bibliographic details
Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1917, Page 2
Word Count
143H.M.S. AVENGER. Taranaki Daily News, 28 August 1917, Page 2
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Taranaki Daily News. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.