SHIPPING

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20055, 29 September 1939, Page 5

SHIPPING

PORT OF GISBORNE YESTERDAY’S DEPARTURES Pukeko, m.v., 3.20 p.m., 742 tons, S. M. Petley, for Waikbkopu. Margaret W., m.v., 6 p.m., 394 tons, J. R. Owen, for Tolaga Bay. Kopara, m.v., G. 25 p.m., 079 tons, F. S. Bates, for Napier, VESSELS DUE AT GISBORNE Pakura, Lyttelton and Wellington, tomorrow. Karitane, Grcymouth and Westport, to morrow. Wainui, southern ports, Monday. Kopara, Auckland, October 5. Margaret W., Auckland, October 5. COASTAL TRADE

The Kopara, which sailed from Gisborne last night for Napier, works Coast bays to-morrow en route to Portland and Auckland. The ship loads cement at Portland on Monday and general cargo at Auckland on Tuesday for Coast bays, Gisborne and Napier.

The Margaret W. left Gisborne at G p.m. yesterday for Tolaga Bay and Auckland. She discharges at Auckland to-morrow and on Monday goes on the slip for cleaning and painting. On Tuesday the vessel loads general cargo at Auckland and sails that evening for Coast bays and Gisborne. The Pukeko left Gisborne at 3.20 p.m. yesterday for Waikokopu and Napier to complete the discharge of her northern cargo. The vessel proceeds later to Wellington to undergo annual survey and overhaul. The Pakura arrives at Gisborne tomorrow morning from. Lyttelton, Wellington and Napier. The ship departs the same day for Wellington in order to load on Monday and Tuesday for Napier and Gisborne. The Wainui left Lyttelton yesterday for Wellington, from, which port she is to be dispatched for Gisborne, discharging here on Monday. The Karitane with coal, timber and posts from Grcymouth and Westport, is expected to leave Napier to-day and should commence discharge here to-morrow morning. LINER SOLD Advice has been received of the sale last month for breaking up of the Sh'aw, Savill and Albion Company’s twin-screw refrigerated cargo and passenger steamer Tainui. The ship was sold to the Hughes Bolckow Shipbreaking Company, Limited, Blyth, for about £22,500. The Tainui, which was •built at Belfast in 1908, was associated continuously with the trade between New Zealand and England, being one of the fastest mail ships in the service in the years after the war. The liner had accommodation for 303 tourist passengers. She left Wellington for Southampton on her last voya'ge inFebruary. UNUSUAL DUTIES

A vessel with unusual and varied duties which has recently run trials in the Firth of Clyde is the survey ship Barbosa, built by Messrs. George Brown and Co. (Marine), Limited, Greenock, for the Anglo-Saxon Petroleum Company, Limited, London. She is specially designed for attending to the channel into Lake Maracaibo, South America. As this shifts from time to time, the vessel has to lift and replace the navigation buoys, and, the surrounding water being very shallow, her draught is limited to 6f:. Her dimensions are 101 ft. b.p. by 23ft. Gin. by 9ft, moulded, and her gross measurement is 193 tons. The Barbosa is fitted with a special cast steel bow piece for hauling in the moorings of the buoys, and she has a 10-ton derrick and a two-ton derrick with a powerful winch for dealing with the buoys. In addition to the above work, she has large freslj water tanks for supplying ships in the port. Altogether there are 11 water and oil-fuel tanks built into the hull. The hold is arranged for the carriage of gas bottles and fittings in connection with her work, including stowage for pipes 22ft, long. The officers’ and crew’s accommodation is all on deck in large comfortable cabins with electric light and fans, and there is also an exceptionally large chartroom for use of the surveyors. The propelling machinery, manufactured by Messrs. Plenty and Son, Newbury, is steam-driven with an oil-fired boiler. The engine is compound, 11 in. b 22in. by lGin. stroke, and gave the vessel a speed of 9.04 knots on trial. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Napier.—September 29: Arrived, Kopara, 7 a.m., and Pukeko, 7.30 a.m from Gisborne. September 20:— Sailed.—Karitane, 10.20 a.m., for Gisborne.