INITIAL VISIT

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20061, 6 October 1939, Page 9

INITIAL VISIT

ANCHOR LINE VESSEL MOTOR SHIP PURIRI One of the most recently constructed coastal traders in New Zealandwaters, the Anchor Shipping and Foundry Company’s- motor ship Puriri, arrived at Gisborne last' night on her initial visit to this port. The vessel has brought coal from... Westport. for discharge at Gisborne'and Tokomaru Bay. - >; The Puriri was launched from the yards of Henry Robb, Limited, Leith, Scotland, in October of last year, and early this year she made the passage out to New Zealand' from | Jmmingham, in the North of England, in five weeks. She is a twin-screw motor, ship having a complete upper deck with poop and bridge deck, topgallant forecastle and boat deck, with ! the propelling machinery situated ; amidships. Her principal dimensions are: Length, 186 ft., breadth, moulded, 35ft.. and depth moulded to shelter • deck. 21ft. The ship is designed to carry 830 . tons on a draught of lift 6in. There is a large hold forward served by one hatch 48ft. long, and a hold abaft the ‘ machinery space served by a hatch • about 28ft. long. Each of these two . hatches has patent rolling steel cov- - ers. Six three-ton electric winches axe fitted, each operating a steel derrick. The accommodation, isj amidships, ; the crew being housed in the bridge ’tween decks; the officers and engineers in single-berth cabins on the bridge deck, while the captain and chief officer are on the boat deck. The propelling machinery consists of twin British Polar Diesel engines Each has four cylinders and together they provide sufficient power to give a mean speed when loaded of 10 knots.