BUILT IN NEW ZEALAND
FIFTH MINESWEEPER LAUNCHED (P.A.) Wellington, Sept. 26. The filth of the minesweepers being built in New Zealand for the Royal New Zealand Navy and the Royal Navy was launched at Wellington yesterday, being named Awatere by Mrs. Fraser, wife of the Prime Minister. The Hon. D. G. Sullivan said the Awatere was the second steel minesweeper launched in the Dominion. It had been so arranged that the production of six such vessels could proceed simultaneously. All were based on the trawler design and were readily adaptable to peacetime activities. Other speakers were the Hon. P. Fraser. Mr. W. H. Price, chairman of the Wellington Harbour Board and chairman of the company which constructed the minesweeper, the Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, and Mr. D. McG. Jamieson, representing the construction contractors.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 228, 28 September 1942, Page 4
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