NEW LEASE OF LIFE
A WELL-KNOWN BTEAMER TURNED INTO TROOPSHIP United Press Assn.—Elec. Tel. Copyright. (Received Oct. 26, 3.15 p.m.) I MELBOURNE, Oct. 26 The steamer Moldavia, which arrived from London on her last voyage after fifteen years in the Australian service, will have a new lease of life as an armed troopship. Officers of the liner stated that the owners had intended to sell the vessel to Japan, but when negotiations were in progress the British Admiralty stepped in and asked them to transfer the Moldavia to the British India Line for conversion to an armed troopship. The ship was designed for such an eventuality when it was ‘built in 1922, and has specially-strengthened plating and shock-resisting emplacement for naval guns.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20334, 26 October 1937, Page 8
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122NEW LEASE OF LIFE Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20334, 26 October 1937, Page 8
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