NEW SHAW SAVILL LINER
TRADE WITH DOMINION LONDON, Dec. 19. Swan, Hunter, Wigham. and Richardson are building at Wallsend to the order of the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company their largest vessel since the Mauretania, namely, the Dominion Monarch, 27,000 tons gross and 16,000 tons deadweight. Her length is 682 feet and breadth 84i feet. She will have four screws ..nd will be equipped for cold storage. The ship will have accommodation for 525 one-class passengers. The liner will be launched in June and will make her maiden voyage in February, 1939. She will establish a new passenger route to New Zealand, calling at Madeira, Teneriffe, South Africa, Fremantle, Melbourne, and Sydney, and reaching New Zealand in 35 days. Her speed will be 19i knots or over.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 7
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127NEW SHAW SAVILL LINER Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 80, Issue 302, 21 December 1937, Page 7
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