New Motorship.
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THE contract for the construction of a new piotorship for the Burns, Philp island service has been placed with Barclay, Curie, & Co., Ltd., of Glasgow, builders of the lost Malabar and the Macdhui. The vessel is expected to be completed in time to reach Sydney towards the end of 1933.
The new vessel will be of 3500 tons gross, with a length of about 312 ft., a beam of 43 ft., and a moulded depth of 24 ft. 9 in. She will have a raked stem and cruiser stern, and will be powered with Diesel engines designed to give her a speed of 12 knots under service conditions, driving a single screw. Accommodation will be pro vided for 64 saloon passengers, and five cargo holds will be served by 10 electric winches. Provision will also be made for the carriage of refriger ated cargo.
Mr. W. G. R. Snellgrove, the com pany’s superintendent engineer, who supervised the construction of the Malabar and Macdhui, left Sydney in May for the United Kingdom, and will be stationed in Barclay, Curie’s yards whilp the new ship is building.