New Phosphate Vessels.
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SPECIALLY designed to carry phos phates from Ocean Island and Nauru to N.Z. and Australia, two new motor vessels are now nearing com pletion in Scotland for the British Phosphate Commissioners. They will replace chartered vessels, which have been supplementing the “Triona” and the “Triaster”.
The “Trienza” has already been launched, and the other, which will be named the “Triadic”, will be launched in April. Both vessels will be slightly larger than the two now in commission.
They will have a length of 445 ft., a dead-weight tonnage of 9,750, and a speed of 13 knots.
The “Trienza” is due in Australia in April and the “Triadic” in September.