Handy Ship For Cook Islands
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THE twin-screw, wooden motor vessel “Kinabatangan,” of 309 tons gross, purchased by the Auckland firm of A.
B. Donald, Ltd,, for service in the Cook Islands, arrived in Auckland from Singa pore, via Brisbane, at the end of June. She will be renamed “Charlotte Donald”, after the late Mrs. A. B. Donald, and will be in Auckland for about a month receiving alterations. The vessel will be based on Rarotonga.
Built in Fremantle in 1945, the “Kina batangan” was purchased from the North Borneo Shipping Company, Ltd., which had registered her at Singapore. She has accommodation below decks for eight passengers.