MINESWEEPER LAUNCHED AT PORT CHALMERS
(P.A.) Dunedin, Feb. 18. The second minesweeper to be completed at Port Chalmers in the last six months, H.M.N.Z.S. Maimai was launched to-day. A large crowd attended the ceremony, which was favoured with perfect weather. The Maimai is the third of fiv» minesweepers which were originall. • planned to be constructed at Port Chalmers, but the announcement was made during the ceremony by the Controller of Shipping. Mr. James Fletcher, that this number had now been increased to 10 for immediate requirements.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 41, 19 February 1943, Page 3
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