Burns Philp (Ss) Co., Ltd. Launches Handy New Ships At Suva

ON February 20. Messrs. Burns Philp (SS) Co., Ltd., Suva, had the satis faction of seeing the first two of six small, new ships go down to the sea.

The new craft have pleasing lines, combined with rugged construction, and were built at the yards of Mr. Charles Whippy, a well-known Suva shipbuilder.

Details are as follow; Length overall,

83.8 feet; beam, 22 feet; net tonnage, 82; gross tonnage, 125. They are to be powered with British Crossley direct re versing diesel engines of 125 b.h.p., at 450 r.p.m., giving an approximate speed of 8i knots. The ships will carry 14 of a crew, and passenger accommodation will be provided by four four-berth cabins.

Additional equipment will be electric light, power pumps, and a power derrick

capable of lifting 30 cwt. in single blocks.

About 125 tons of general cargo will be carried.

Photos show (left); Lady Grantham, wife of the Governor of Fiji, christening one of the ships, at the launching. Also on the platform is Sir Henry Milne Scott, a director of Burns Philp (SS) Co., Ltd. (Right): The two ships, after launching. (Photos by Rob Wright.)