FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL.
Further- details of the -,-vessel show thatshe is 471 feet in length over all, with 58ft beam, and is 31ft~ 6in deep, and as regards her strength, she is built above th« requirements of; Lloyd's 100 A class..,.-. , . : : Thq engines and boilers, which, were supplied by the Wallserid Slipway 00., vfei'c of the .Jatest |>atteru and wk up' ": to 6000 ipdirated horsepower,-with five single ended boilers working at 2001b pressure to the jiich, with Howden'e forced draughty amd are constructed to j,r.»a«it>aari"a ma speed loaded of over 15 ikriots. ;Th^, :'was built- •under - ."-Chji j^pu^er.^jsi^^"^' -;;;Jtfes.srs> W.,.;.' ; 3ssplen ■ v^nd[3pn^' ca^u^i^-^ngineera^^irie^ - l UKo'laf^t :-rsf r^^^ JEfall, of Dartford. iarid is well* suited ,t<>; carry successfully large -quantities'of , frofcsn. arid,' "chiHed-'' oboduce. : Her .■SVHao.go3^'is, .very hachdy, am -unusual number of latest p.abtern winchesj -arid extra • lonk dei*ricks fo^ roadstead work, and a h<*avy weight derrick for 20 tons. To further facilitate the rapid handling of pargo, in addition to. the txsual eleo-, trie'lightihgj she is fitted with a;oom-' plots installation of acetylene fliareAigtihti fto! oach(Jiatch, gi^Jiig brilliant ?4Huitfi,Tua.tioii;; -the;oom^ : iriea tsapociiiy be"ing ••17,000 '■candle^p^^;^; laccomnrodation for •irffioftr^ aiid "engineers :,is each having a, sep.ara.te jwell?ntrii*ished room. The',accommodation fot i^eamen. • and, lfirepen c ,is situated; aft, \arfck' ■ was \J6stgf ii'lly\ plained,- being \verj> 1 fe-ffiTOb^rdus^nd comfortable/with large" 'lii^i?odms itfetached, with fitted tabled s«ats, <wid washhouse. ...JTust before leaving-. IJqme on the pre■fecttit trjo: tholndrabarah w^ s fitted wrth .wireless apparatus. . '. .--.::•:
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 5
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242FURTHER DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL. Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 12881, 13 May 1913, Page 5
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