Ew Malekula
pp. 117-118 · Read in the full issue
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, LTHOUGH the new 3,750 ton Malekula, due at Sydney from i Clyde on April 20, may not bear name which follows recent prece nt (PIM March, page 25), she is t the first of the Burns Philp Line be so named—as the accompanying oto bears evidence.
This photo of the original (and ly other) Malekula of the Line, is reproduction of a water colour,
ted 1903, which mgs in the BP IS) Co. office in 'dney.
A 130-tons hooner, she was unched about 190, and ran to e New Hebrides id later to the demons under e command of iptain Burn, un wrecked on impton Reef, 0 miles off
the Queensland coast, January 9, 1910. No lives were lost in the wreck, but most of the crew spent three months on one of the two islets on the reef, awaiting the rescue that eventually arrived as the result of Captain Burn and a picked boat’s crew sailing to Lucinda Point (Q).
There appears to be no record of how many passengers she was fitted to carry or of where she was built.
We are indebted to Captain Brett Hilder for these details.
Of the new Malekula we have a few more concrete facts;
lekula, the first ip to bear the [?]ne, at right; [?], below, the new [?] alekula shown [?] ing her trials in [?] tland
Gross tonnage 3,786, net tonnage 1,795, length 321 ft 6 in., breadth 47 ft 2 in. and moulded depth 25 ft 5 in. She was built by Barclay Curie 6 Co. of Glasgow—builders of many former BP vessels. She has a cargo capacity of 150,000 cu. ft. of bale space, with an extra 10,500 cu. ft
in four refrigerated cargo chambers.
The passenger accommodation consists of two single-berth cabins, two twin-berth cabins with bathrooms attached, and three other twin-berth cabins—l 2 passengers in all.
A service speed of about 12 knots is expected from the 8-cylinder, 2-
cycle Harland Burmiester & Wa* diesel motor which was supplied I John J. Kincaid & Co. The vess is single screw. Electric winches ai fitted for cargo handling.
The new Malekula's attractive a i pearance is evident from the phot She enters the service formerly maii tained by Malaita —Sydney, Brisban Samarai, Rabaul, Lombrum, Lore gau, Madang, Lae, Samarai, Sydne Malaita will serve the Lord How Norfolk, New Hebrides, Solomon Rabaul, Samarai route henceforth.