NEW MOTOR SHIPS

Taranaki Daily News, 19 August 1933, Page 10

NEW MOTOR SHIPS

LARGE MEAT CARRIERS. NEW ZEALAND ' TRADE. . Work is now actively jri hand on the construction of the hulls of- two ■ large meat-carrying motor-ships for the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company at the Belfast yard of Harland and Wolff, Limited. They will be employed in the trade between England and New Zealand. Inasmuch as they are among: the largest and most important cargo motor-liners under construction? in the world, considerable interest attaches to the .work of building them- . '

The vessels will be ■ shelter-deckers, with a forecastle and long bridge erection and a small house aft, above which is the docking bridge, t The profile is completed by two slightly raked pole masts, squat funnel and vertical derrick posts. - A seven-ton . boom is on each derrick post and those on each of the two masts can lift from eight to 10 tons. Of the foremast there is also a special derrick for heavy lifts. Each derrick has its own electric winch. The bridge structure amidships comprises, a promenade deck and a bridge deck, with four lifeboats above.

Accommodation for 12 passengers is arranged on the promenade deck, and quarters for the captain and navigating officers are in a house at ■ the forward end of the boat deck, the., navigating bridge and charthouse being on the deck above. The vessels will be propelled by two sets of Harland-B. and W. four-stroke single-acting airless injection Diesels, with continuous supercharge on the Buchi system. It is understood that the ships ■will have a working speed, when fully loaded, of 16 knots, with a substantial reserve. The passengers will be accommodated in single-berth cabins, each with a private bathroom.