DUNEDIN'S NEW TUG.

Press, Volume L, Issue 14974, 22 May 1914, Page 8

DUNEDIN'S NEW TUG.

(SPECIAL TO "THE PRESS.") DUNEDIN, May 32. Of tho new tug Dunedin, built at Port Chalmers, there' aro several significant features. She ia the moat-powerful.tug in. New Zealand, and the best fire • salvoga. steamer in Australasia. Sho is handsome -in -appearance, and powerful.and efficient for work.. In all-respects she is right up to date;-in fact, the only foothold that critics find is that she is ahead of the times. Not the least gratifying feature, is that such a first-claso vessel was built in Otago Harbour, which, in.addition to its established reDutalion.for exceptional docking and ship-repairing. facilities, has now established a record for shipbuilding in the Southern" Seas. The hull and machinery were manufactured at Port Chalmers, the pump equipment (which is made undor. patent right)" was imported, ,but the keel was laid near the Qtago clock, and the. vessel constructed by local industry in comnlianco with '■ the highest: requirements, of Lloyd's 100 Al classification. The unanimous opinion is that the Dunedin ,ia afiratKuass vessel, faithfully constructed, and capable of exceptionally good work. She is. an additional factoT of safety to all shipping in Dominion waters, and mall cases of emergency hope may be turned into certainty by sending for tho new tug and salvage -steamer.