Awatea In Dock.
PAINTING AND CLEANING
12,500-TON LIFT
(By Telegraph—Press Association) WELLINGTON, Sept. 7.
The biggest lift yet.undertaken by the Jubilee floating dock was carried out ou Saturday, when the Union Company’s new trails- Tasman liner Awatea Avas docked for painting and fitting, preparatory to entering the service to Sydney, with Wellington and Auckland as alternate ports. The 'vessel will remain on the dock for three or four days. Her docking tonnage is 12,550, compared wit.li a registered tonnage of 13,482.
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Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19805, 7 September 1936, Page 3
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81Awatea In Dock. Thames Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 19805, 7 September 1936, Page 3
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