A Third "Suva"
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Name for New Carpenter Vessel
From Our Own Correspondent.
T_ SUVA, Sept. 3.
HE Registrar-General of Shipping in England has approved the name “Suva”, for the new vessel being built for W. R. Carpenter and Co.; and, in due course, the new vessel will be registered at this port, as is the case with the “Rabaul” and the “Salamaua”.
The new ship will be 415 ft. in length with a maximum breadth of 56 ft. 9 ins., a deadweight capacity of 9.000 tons and a speed of 12 knots.
She will be the third vessel to bear the name “Suva”. The first was a steamer of about 600 tons, which traded between Melbourne and Suva for Messrs.
James McEwan and Co., in the early 80’s: while the second was a steamer of 2,500 tons which traded to Fiji for the A.U.S.N. Co., about 30 years ago.