THE KYLEBEG.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXVI, Issue 18443, 29 March 1922, Page 4

THE KYLEBEG.

ARRIVAL AT WANGANUI. A MODERN CARGO BOAT. With her bunting fluttering in the breeze to betoken a new boat s maiden visit to her home port, the Kylebeg came up the river yesterday morning and berthed at the Town Wharf. The Kylebeg is a modern cargo steamer, direct from the bollderw yard, where she was recently purchased in Scotland by Captain S. Holm for the Dunedin-Wanganui coastal trade, which she will carry on in conjunction with the John, the pioneer of the green funnel fleet. Captain Holm was fortunate in being able to secure a modern boat of the Kylebeg’s class, which appears to have every good feature of the trade she will engage in. The gross tonnage is 670, and her carrying capacity is about 900 tons on moderate draught. The distinctive features ot tn* Kylebeg are a well deck forward, three pole masts, and engines rlghi aft. Tne hold is spacious and well equipped for the quick handling ot cargo. Ample space appears to have been a consideration with the buildders. The accommodation for officers and crew is liberal, while even the stokehold Is more roomy than is customary on a boat ot the Kylebeg ’s class. The engines are by the well knowt Home engineering firm of Beardmore, triple expansion, the stroke ot the cylinders being 14, 2 4 and 4 0 inches. The indicated horse power is 450, giving a speed of 9 % knots on a very economical coal consumption, wiiiie up to 11 knots can be obtained if necessary. There are three boiler fires, with corrugated furnaces. The snip is built up to the highest specifications, double bottomed throughout, and equipped with electric Lighting. All the auxiliary machinery of the engine room is conveniently placed. On deck there arc four steam winches, and a steam capstan aft. On the arrival of the Kylebeg the chairman ot the Hgrbour Board ' 'Mr A. G. Bignell) visited the vessel, and congratulated Captain Holm on lire enterprise shown in bringing such a fine vessel to the port. It showed that they had taith in the trade of Wanganui, and her arrival could be regarded as tribute to the port. He trusted that the venture would meet with the success that it deserved. The Kylebeg made the trip out from Glasgow in 72 days, calls being made at Gibraltar, Port Said, Bunuury, Newcastle and Nelson, before going on to Dunedin, In the Bay of Biscay and Indian Ocean storms were met with, but tile Kylebeg proved herself a fine sea boat. The Kylebeg received a great deal of attention yesterday, and Captain Holm was in receipt of numerous congratulations on his new enterprise. The vessel is to be renamed the Holmdale, if