S.S. WAITEMATA SUNK
S ; ALL HANDS SAVED The Naval Adviser reports that the Union Steam Ship Company's steamer Waitemata has been sunk in European waters. Fortunately thero was no loss of life. All hand. , ; were safely landed. The Waitemata was a steel screw steamer of 0<132 tons gross, and was built in ISOB by W. Hamilton and Co., of Glasgow, for the Union Steam Ship Company. Her principal dimensions wore: Length, 415 ft.; breadth, 54ft; end depth 17.6 ft. She was last at Wellington about six months ago, when she sailed for England under the control of the'lmperial Government and in command of Captain G. Ferguson. Mr. A. V. Burton was third officer. Provious to her being commandeered she was engaged in tho Pacific trade. The Wnitemata made her first appearance at Wellington on August 14, 190 S. She was very similar in construction to the Wairuna and tho Waihora, but d'ffered in ono respect—she had a greater number of hatches, which naturally gave her a largo cargo-carrying capacity. Sho was fitted with all the latest appliances, and was able to steam 11 knots per hour.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 25 July 1918, Page 8
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186S.S. WAITEMATA SUNK Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 263, 25 July 1918, Page 8
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